Karl Edvard Diriks (9 January 1855 – 17 March 1930) was a Norwegian painter who resided in France between 1899 and 1921. He was born in Christiania to Christian Ludvig Diriks and Benedicte Henriette Munch, and was a grandson of government minister Christian Adolph Diriks and a nephew of Carl Frederik Diriks. He was married to painter and sculptor Anna Diriks. 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.[1][2]
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Østby, Leif. "Edvard Diriks". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2015.
Haverkamp, Frode Ernst. "Edvard Diriks". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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