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Munch, Edvard (Munch, Edward) (1863-1944), Norwegian painter and graphic artist, stage designer, one of the founders of Expressionism. Born Letenye in southern Norway on Dec. 12, 1863, grew up in Oslo (Christiania). His father, a military doctor, was a deeply religious man. When the future artist was still a child, his mother and elder sister died of tuberculosis. Illness, suffering, death - themes to which Munch constantly returned to throughout his career - were familiar to him from early childhood.
At the age of 17 years, Munch enrolled at the Royal School of Drawing, two years of study he was involved in artistic and literary circles of Christiania, which shocked the society candid images of the life of bohemians. Subjects, drawn by the artist in this medium, and later appeared in his series Frieze life. According to the author, each painting in this series was to depict the helplessness of man before the indifferent forces of life, love and death.
At one time, I was shocked by his tragic and expression.