Education
Born in Copenhagen, Krohn studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm Marstrand, Jørgen Roed and Professional Corporation Skovgaard (1860-1867).
Born in Copenhagen, Krohn studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm Marstrand, Jørgen Roed and Professional Corporation Skovgaard (1860-1867).
In 1871, together with Otto Haslund and Julius Lange, he traveled to Germany and Holland to familiarize himself with the latest reproduction techniques. Krohn worked mainly as an illustrator of books including Peters July (1866) and I Skoven skulde være Gilde (1870). Despite further attempts to improve his painting, for example in Paris in 1978, he became more generally interested in all forms of art
From 1880 to 1893, he became a costume designed at the Royal Danish Theatre where he also directed operas.
He was artistic director of the porcelain factory Bing & Grøndahl from 1895 to 1892 and, from 1893 until his death, head of the Danish Museum of Art & Design (Kunstindustrimuseet).
In the mid-1870s, he became a member of the Danish artists colony in Rome, associating with Thorvald Bindesbøll, Hans Friis, Axel Helsted, Carl Thomsen and Kristian Zahrtmann.
