Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room
| Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room | |
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| Norwegian: Albertine i politilægens venteværelse | |
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo |
Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room (
, showing the scene in a medical waiting-room.Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room is regarded as Krohg's principal work as a social painter. The painting touched upon the taboo subject of sexual life, and led to a heated debate among his contemporaries. The format of the painting is unusually large, the figures in it being portrayed at full scale. The painting is held in the
The painting
The painting depicts a scene in a police doctor's
examination room. She is dressed in a simple costume, in contrast to the other women in the room, who are dolled up in colorful dresses, typical of the prostitutes of the period.[1]
Ownership history
The painting was placed in a "hut" (Norwegian holiday home built in wood, often rather large) for nearly twenty years, until it was eventually sold. In 1907 the buyer resold the painting to the National Gallery of Norway.[2]
Related works
Krohg had created several earlier paintings based on the fate of the unmarried
Albertine, written in 1886.[3][4] The debate following the publishing and confiscation of the novel expedited the abolition of public prostitution in Norway.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 82-05-20587-6.
- ISBN 82-02-02996-1.
- ^ Berg, Knut. "Christian Krohg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Jæger, Henrik; Anderssen, Otto (1896). Illustreret norsk Literaturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Kristiania: Hjalmar Biglers forlag. pp. 886–887.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 September 2011.