Edvard Diriks

Karl Edvard Diriks (9 January 1855 – 17 March 1930) was a Norwegian painter.

Edvard Diriks
Born(1855-01-09)9 January 1855
Christiania, Norway
Died17 March 1930(1930-03-17) (aged 75)
Horten, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPainter
AwardsOrder of St. Olav
Legion of Honour

He was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) to Christian Ludvig Diriks and Benedicte Henriette Munch. He was a grandson of government minister Christian Adolph Diriks and a nephew of Carl Frederik Diriks. He began to study to become an architect at Karlsruhe, Germany from 1874 to 1875 and later in Berlin. He was married to painter and sculptor Anna Diriks (1870-1932). They resided in France between 1899 and 1921.[1]

He is known for his naturalist outdoor paintings of clouds, rain squalls, snow flurry, storms and rough seas. He is represented with thirteen works in the National Gallery of Norway, in a number of other Norwegian galleries, and in galleries in France and Germany. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav, and Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 1920.[2][3]

  • Chickens, France (1914)
  • After the Storm (1904)
  • Thawing Ice
  • From Akershus (1881)
  • From Frøensjordene (1880)

References
  1. Karen Marie Ebbesen. "Anna Diriks". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  2. Østby, Leif. "Edvard Diriks". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. Haverkamp, Frode Ernst. "Edvard Diriks". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 April 2015.


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