Edvard Diriks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edvard Diriks

Norwegian painter

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1855

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1930

Profession: translator, painter

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Edvard Diriks

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

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