Edvard Munch was an expressionist painter and printmaker from Oslo Norway. He was regarded as the pioneer of the amazing Expressionist movement. His art work from the late 1800's is the most well known, but his later work is gradually attracting more attention and is quite an inspiration of many of today's artists.
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Edvard
Munch Biography
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Munchs biography. We encourage you to
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The first biography is aA brief biography about Edvard Munch and his the history of his life. This provides information on his work, his life and family, and more!
Additional Biography: Starts out "Born on December 12th, 1863, Løten, Norway, Munch grew up in Christiania (now Oslo). He was related to painter Jacob Munch (1776 – 1839) and historian Peter Andreas Munch (1810 – 1863). After the death of his mother, Laura Cathrine Bjølstad, of tuberculosis in 1868, Munch was raised by his father, Christian Munch, until 1889 when his father died..."
The third biography
starts out "Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
- The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is
regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist
movement in modern painting. At an early
stage Munch was recognized in Germany
and central Europe as one of the creators
of a new epoch. His star is still on the
ascendant in the other European countries,
and in the rest of the world. Munch's
art from the 1890s is the most well known,
but his later work is steadily attracting
greater attention, and it appears to inspire
present-day artists in particular.
