Īs Edvard remembered it, Christian's positive behavior towards his children was overshadowed by his morbid pietism. Christian Munch also instructed his son in history and literature, and entertained the children with vivid ghost-stories and the tales of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. He was tutored by his school mates and his aunt. Often ill for much of the winters and kept out of school, Edvard would draw to keep himself occupied. After their mother's death, the Munch siblings were raised by their father and by their aunt Karen. Edvard's mother died of tuberculosis in 1868, as did Munch's favorite sister Johanne Sophie in 1877. The family moved to Oslo (then called Christiania and renamed to Kristiania in 1877) in 1864 when Christian Munch was appointed medical officer at Akershus Fortress.
Edvard was related to the painter Jacob Munch and the historian Peter Andreas Munch. Laura was artistically talented and may have encouraged Edvard and Sophie. Edvard had an elder sister, Johanne Sophie, and three younger siblings: Peter Andreas, Laura Catherine, and Inger Marie. Christian was a doctor and medical officer who married Laura, a woman half his age, in 1861. Although his works were banned in Nazi-occupied Europe, most of them survived World War II, securing him a legacy.Įdvard Munch was born in a farmhouse in the village of Ådalsbruk in Løten, Norway, to Laura Catherine Bjølstad and Christian Munch, the son of a priest. His later years were spent working in peace and privacy. A mental breakdown in 1908 forced him to give up heavy drinking, and he was cheered by his increasing acceptance by the people of Kristiania and exposure in the city's museums. He briefly considered marriage, but could not commit himself.
Currently on view at the Clark Art InstituteĪs his fame and wealth grew, his emotional state remained insecure. One of the pastels would eventually command the fourth highest nominal price paid for a painting at auction. Between 18, he made two painted versions and two in pastels, as well as a number of prints. The painting's agonized face is widely identified with the angst of the modern person.
According to Munch, he was out walking at sunset, when he 'heard the enormous, infinite scream of nature'.
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In Berlin, he met the Swedish dramatist August Strindberg, whom he painted, as he embarked on a major series of paintings he would later call The Frieze of Life, depicting a series of deeply-felt themes such as love, anxiety, jealousy and betrayal, steeped in atmosphere. In Paris, he learned much from Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, especially their use of color. Travel brought new influences and outlets. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (today's Oslo), Munch began to live a bohemian life under the influence of the nihilist Hans Jæger, who urged him to paint his own emotional and psychological state (' soul painting') from this emerged his distinctive style. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. His 1893 work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images. Edvard Munch ( / m ʊ ŋ k/ MUUNK, Norwegian: ⓘ 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter.
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