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Arnold Krog
Arnold Emil Krog was architect and painter. He bas born 18.03.1856 in Fredriksvaerk and died 07.06.1931 in Tisvilde. His parents were Hans Jacob Grøgaard Krog and Jenny Meyer.
Arnold Krog was a multitalented genius, who started with architecture. In 1884 he was offered employment at The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, whose new director, Philip Schou, wanted a "new national style" in porcelain. He learned to know about porcelain beginning with the blue fluted. He began to integrate the new style influenced by the Japanese originals in the molds that he multicoloured in underglaze technique.
Underglaze products were really known by the Danish public at the exhibition in Copenhagen in 1888. At the World Exhibition in Paris the following year, they achieved international fame and secured factory a success that goes right up to the present. Also the following exhibitions were successful for RC and Krog and more and more followers appeared on the arts market.
After his resignation from the factory in 1916 Krog lived in Tisvilde, where he cultivated painting and other arts in fine naturalistic depictions of natural and hunting are the favorite topics. Krog also made drawings for furniture, metalwork and crafts.
His more than 30 years at the factory marked the golden age of Royal Copenhagen.
Main information source: Kunstindex Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: June 1898
Unique Number: 6807
Height: 28,5 cm
Diameter: 32 cm
Motif: Vase with Sailships on still water. Rim with
crowns and stars in relief.
Remarks: The vase is shown in the magazine
"Art et Industrie - Revue mensuelle
illustree publiee par la societe imperiale
dÉncouragement des Arte en Russie"
Volume 9/10, 1899. And in the "Russian
Catalogue, ISBN 5-88810-069-2
The right picture shows Arnold Krog in
his atelier in 1898. This sailship vase is
visible on the shelf (2nd from left vase).
Bought the Yachting Club for King Christian X as
a couple with the vase 6808 as below.
Provenance: King Christian X (1870-1947) and
Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879-1952),
Christian VIII´s palace at Amalienborg; thence by
their son and daughter in-law, Hereditary Prince
Knud (1900-1976) and Hereditary Princess
Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912-1995); then
their daugther, Princess Elisabeth to Denmark
(1935-2018). Before her death the planter was
given to private Danish ownership.
The planter couple was a wedding present to
King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of
Denmark in 1898 (by the Yacht Club) and it
reflects the Royal couple´s great interest in
sailing.
Picture of Arnold Krog with kind
permission of Royal Copenhagen.
KRC0396
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: December 1887
Unique Number: none
Height: 16,5 cm
Diameter: 13 cm
Motif: Snail Vase with green leaves and gold
Remarks: Neck in golden relief. Vase is displayed
in several publications and lithographies
KRC0394
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: 1887 ?
Unique Number: none
Height: 18 cm
Diameter: 11,5 cm
Motif: Lidded jar with a dog sneaking around
a corner of a wall to watch a cat. Remarks: With birds and flowers, blossoms and
golden trim. "C" mark for the date 1887
legible, but not the month of production
KRC0395
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: June 1898
Unique Number: 6808
Height: 28,5 cm
Diameter: 32 cm
Motif: Vase with Sailships on troubled water. Rim with
crowns and stars in relief.
Remarks: The vase is shown in the magazine
"Art et Industrie - Revue mensuelle
illustree publiee par la societe imperiale
dÉncouragement des Arte en Russie"
Volume 9/10, 1899. And in the "Russian
Catalogue, ISBN 5-88810-069-2
The right picture shows Arnold Krog in
his atelier in 1898. This sailship vase is
visible on the shelf (2nd from left vase).
Bought by the Yachting Club for King Christian X
as a couple with the vase 6807 as above.
Provenance: King Christian X (1870-1947) and
Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879-1952),
Christian VIII´s palace at Amalienborg; thence by
their son and daughter in-law, Hereditary Prince
Knud (1900-1976) and Hereditary Princess
Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912-1995); then
their daugther, Princess Elisabeth to Denmark
(1935-2018). Before her death the planter was
given to private Danish ownership.
The planter couple was a wedding present to
King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of
Denmark in 1898 (by the Yacht Club) and it
reflects the Royal couple´s great interest in
sailing.
KRC1234
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: February 1893
Unique Number: 3870
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Motif: Bust of a boy with blond hair
Remarks:
KRC1105
Artist: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: ? (1885 - 1893)
Unique Number: none
Height: 2.5 cm
Diameter: 24.5 cm max
Motif: Fish plate with crab and float
Remarks: With golden trim
KRC0397
Artist: Arnold Krog (Model by C.F. Liisberg 1889)
Date of Production: 1889 - 1893
Unique Number: none (model number 463)
Height: 3.5 cm
Length: 19 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Motif: Eel Pout
Remarks:
KRC0398
Artist Decoration: Arnold Krog
Artist mold: Eric Nielsen (1890)
Date of Production: 1895
Production Number: Unique (prodction no was 460)
Height: 9 cm
Width: 29 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Motif: Lumpsucker
Remarks:
KRC0399
