100 Great Artists

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EDVARD MU N C H

B()rn in u,u". ,..,

of an "r",:! ooctor

iJ<a,b of //forb.,-

l"Na,b"f n'ru ..

Stud,,, aT! in

Kn'''iil1/ia (""'"

0,-"), injlumad

by frimd Krnbg

Tr",.d,to Pari, '"'

xbdanbip for

,btu 1!""h

Tkatb oflarbn

VITi" Pari, on

",«",it ..

Kbdarrbipr

F.xbibitr Fticu: of

Lilt: in Bn-lin

Trtr.,.IJ in ERrol"

Tr",ud for

d<prmion in

Dani,h """"""to"

Inu,-TIIl,;01",1

bwd:rbrGIIgb in

CoIog'" <"bibi,;on

A'::artkd gold

,",dill in San

Fran<j".

Ey"igb'

d,urio"""

Hi'kr t/.c/a,,, hi,

",,...} )J'g"ura'"

OJ,, in Ehly

Rc.'cric (18 70) t.,.. o.lil<lfl R~d()n

OJ,I"" " ,don <e .... il graphic art;" inId ,;:ri," ill

,-"<II il! a pllt SymboliJ1 painu,-. /njlummJ by

Cw""r muI CorOl, b, "'''''ImOy '=/"tI fro," ,b,

1/«n "an unhappy childhood, di" '" hi, 'fJikp'j

E

<h"l,d ,\Iunch'. "isi« to Paris b .... wcrn

lB89 and 1891 ",ere ,ital '" his

dL~'d()l.n<nt. particularly os ~ stimulus

for G erman Exp",»;oni,,,,. l ie "udi,,] V:ln

Go g h and the Sl'"b,~i"s, G :luguin , M c.·C:lu

and O dilon Redon (]fWO-]9]6). The fi,,,

"ct,ion of Tb, Sa-,am 6,Dow,,] in ]893. T he

"widing lines of ",I,-.J' a,e ",mini"'ent of Van

G ogh's landscapcs: the ago"r of the S<-.Jn,lless

","'am """C< directlr IT,." ,\] uoch.

'From the mO"lOnt of mr binh, the angdsof

anxictr, '''lITr, and death sn". ] at mr s ide ..

l)C:lth was a ,<"CUning ,,~,ic!O, the a,ti,,, both

his Ill,ents and two sihlings .Ii,,] nrlr. Munch

su",i,,,d into his eighties but suffcred f". "

chrunic anxietr, pSj'cho'o",atic di", .. es and

alcoholi,m. I lis dcp",s";on onCe led to

hO'pittlit.:ltio1l. ,\ ]uoch's th.,,,cs Ii,,,,,ha,k,w<,]

m.nr of the 1 ""''<:<"1I],at.,ns of the tWL"nt;"th

centurr' lonelincss, alimat;on, neuro";, a"d

sex""litr. A not e from his ,li"r a"oounce" 'No

longt:' ,hall I Illint intcriofS with men 'C:lding

and ",,,,,m knitting. ] willill int li,;ng p<"I~e

wi>:, I>",.the .nd kd and suffe, .nd I",,, : lIe

~llmd no ]a,ting h:tl" incss in eithcr of his Own

I",'e .f!':tits, akhough he ""llI,lCmo..,,,,d I,," h

w,""m in 711, FriruofLifr.

Munch's an was cxhihi«'<] ,,"'~]wi,k:, won

.,,·a,d. and ."rlctI:d ",lIce",rS within his

liktime. In] 93 7. I lidet·. n::'I'<Il'" was to "rip

his p.intings f"",, gallery walls, along with

t ..... '" of ,"her 'degt:ncr .. e ,,)()(lcm "ll"cts.