Christian Haug, Soleur, Norway 1862 – 1953 Munich, Germany, Norwegian Painter, Deer In A Winter Landscape

Haug Christian
Soleur, Norway 1862 – 1953 Munich, Germany
Norwegian Painter

Deer in a Winter Landscape
Signature: Signed bottom right and placed Munich
Dimensions: Image size 61 x 81 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas

Biography:
Haug Christian was born in Soleur, Norway on September 9, 1862.
He was a Norwegian painter of portraits, nudes and landscapes. Haug studied with master teachers and artists Knut Bergseilen, H. Backer and E. Peterssen. 
He stayed in Munich (1897) and Paris (1899 -1900) to study and work. He traveled and painted also in Italy. Since 1916 he became an  Art Advisor at "Aftenpost".
He lived in Freetown Christiania, Oslo and exhibited there. He exhibited quite successfully in Copenhagen, Denmark and Munich, Germany. 
Haug Christian died on October 10, 1953 in Munich. Today, his works can be found in private collections worldwide.

Literature:
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs;
Joachim Busse, Internationales Handbuch aller Maler und Bildhauer des 19. Jahrhunderts;
E. A. Seemann, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts.