Tully seriously expect to get married, followed him from country to country (where there were exhibitions), never left alone during the work. Munch was afraid of marriage. He wrote: "I always put the art in the first place. Often I felt and understood that the woman - is an obstacle in my way. He was afraid, as if the family did not distract him from the chief in his life - from art. And the second reason - the hereditary disease in the family. His mother and sister died of tuberculosis, he repeatedly balanced because of this disease on the verge of death, so Munch considered "a crime to marry and have children." Whirlwind romance with Larsen ended in 1902, a dramatic event. She, having failed to obtain satisfaction of their matrimonial aspirations, pretended suicide by adopting (or just pretending to be) a large dose of morphine. Ugly role in the history befell the company of friends, to play along with Tully. Munch rushed to rescue her, proposed to live together, but Tully suddenly changed, as if their own "tricks" alienated her from the goal. Unable to withstand the stress, the artist, lost in a psychotic state, pulled the trigger gun, who nervously clutched in his hand and injured his left hand. The middle finger had to be amputated. It is symbolic, tk. a finger for a wedding ring. Mutilated hand ached for another ten years. The photo seen bandage on his hand, with which the artist went about life.
Вложение 151915
Tully married three months later for the little-known artist from their company. Since that ill-fated shot, they never met. The picture «The Death of Marat» depicts this scene. All happened has hurt the delicate nervous system of the artist. This was followed six difficult years, when he tried to forget the hard work and drinking. The imaginary nature and alcohol abuse led to the development of manic-depressive psychosis. They took possession of persecution by friends, whom he called "gang Heiberg. In 1908 Munch was in hospital, but recovered in six months. While still in the clinic, it showered laurels recognition. As if remembering something, he is recognized at home in Norway, while in Germany, and began a period of glory, which lasted until the end of life. Edvard Munch never married, his children called paintings, but the theme of "artist and model" was one of the central problems in his later work. Relations with cellist Eva Mudochchi (Fross knows this lithograph) also does not end.
Вложение 151965
In 1942 died Tully Blair, nee Larsen. By the time she had divorced her second husband, she had a reputation as an eccentric and prone to abuse alcohol elderly lady. The distribution of its inheritance Munch was funny, but very valuable for the occupied Norway gift - a delicious wine from old wine warehouse of her father.