Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter of The Scream
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter born in 1863 and died in 1944.[1] His most famous work, The Scream, was conceived in Kristiania and exists in multiple versions created between 1893 and 1910.[2] The anguished figure in the artwork is commonly seen as representing modern human anxiety.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 12 December 1863
- Birthplace
- Ådalsbruk, Løten, Norway
- Died
- 23 January 1944
- Place of death
- Oslo, Norway
- Field
- Painting and graphic artist
- Movement
- Symbolism, Expressionism
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
His mother died of tuberculosis in 1868, and his favorite sister Johanne Sophie died of the same disease in 1877.[3] Often ill and kept out of school, Munch drew to occupy himself and was tutored by his aunt and schoolmates.[3] In 1879 he enrolled in a technical college to study engineering but left the following year to become a painter.[3] He enrolled at the Royal School of Art and Design of Kristiania in 1881, studying under sculptor Julius Middelthun and painter Christian Krohg.[3]
Munch's association with the Kristiania Bohème, a progressive circle that rejected bourgeois conventions, was pivotal to his artistic growth.[4] During his Berlin years, Munch sketched most ideas for his major work, The Frieze of Life.[5] He was highly active in printmaking, beginning in 1894 to engrave directly onto copper plates.[6] His debut solo exhibition occurred in 1889, and the resulting acclaim earned him a state-funded scholarship for two years to pursue studies in Paris with Léon Bonnat.[3]
What the cited sources add
The Harvard Art Museums exhibition "Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking" showcases roughly 70 works from one of the largest Munch collections in the United States.[7] Prints in that exhibition are displayed alongside the original copper plates, woodblocks, and lithography stones used to create them.[7] The exhibition was made possible through the generosity of Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, whose gifts highlight Munch's fascination with materiality.[7] The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo holds a 1895 line etching titled "Attraction II" by Munch, created on copper plate.[8]
Lynn Straus initially encountered Edvard Munch's artwork during a journey to his native country in 1948.[7] During August 2004, two armed individuals stole The Scream and Madonna from the Munch Museum located in the Norwegian capital.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wells 2008, p. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Munch, Edvard. The Private Journals of Edvard Munch. Edited by J. Gill Holland, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Edvard Munch | The Scream, Paintings, Madonna, The Sun, Art, & Facts", Britannica.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edvard Munch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Norman, "Munch’s prints are obsessive and repetitive – but a revelation all the same", Apollo-magazine.com, 22 May 2019; "Exhibitions, Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking | Harvard Art Museums", Harvardartmuseums.org; "Attraction II (Tiltrekning II / Anziehung II)|Edvard Munch | | Collection", The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Exhibitions, Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking | Harvard Art Museums", Harvardartmuseums.org. facts only, no text reused. harvardartmuseums.org
- "Attraction II (Tiltrekning II / Anziehung II)|Edvard Munch | | Collection", The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. facts only, no text reused. collection.nmwa.go.jp
- "Stolen Munch paintings found safe", BBC News. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
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