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Edvard Munch
(Dec. 12, 1863 Oslo - Jan. 23, 1944 Oslo) Norwegian Oil Painting Artist Biography.
Edvard Munch a gifted Norwegian painter, not only was his country's greatest artist, but also played a vital role in the development of German expressionism. His work often included the symbolic portrayal of such themes as misery, sickness, and death. The Cry (The Scream), probably his most famous oil painting, is typical in its anguished expression of isolation and fear.
Beginning with the artist’s early oil portraits and genre scenes, Munch’s moves away from Norwegian naturalism toward an unprecedented exploration of modern existential experience. Munch’s struggle to translate personal trauma into universal terms and in the process, comprehend the fundamental components of human existence: birth, love and death. Munch's convulsed and tortuous art was formed by the misery and conflicts of his time, even more important, by his own unhappy life. Childhood tragedy, intense and dramatic love affairs, alcoholism and ceaseless traveling are reflected in his works, particularly in oil paintings like The Scream, Munch's oil paintings show his social awareness and his tendency to express many of the basic fears and anxieties of mankind.
He grew up in Christiania (now Oslo) and studied art under Christian Krohg, a Norwegian naturalistic oil painter. Munch's parents, a brother and a sister died while he was still young, which probably explains the bleakness and pessimism of much of his work. Symbolist oil paintings such as Ashes (1894) show his preoccupation with the darker aspects of life.
Munch traveled to Paris in 1885, and his work began to show the influence of French painters, first the Impressionists and then the post-impressionists, as well as art nouveau design. Like many young artists Munch reacted against conventional behavior, and in 1892 he took part in a controversial exhibit in Berlin. His circle of friends included several writers, one of whom was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Munch designed the sets for several of Ibsen's plays.Edvard Munch became a celebrity in Germany overnight when the inclusion of his artwork caused the closing of the Verein Berliner Künstler exhibition of 1892. His man-destroying Vampire was decidedly "objectionable." He live and worked in Germany for many years, exerting thereby a tremendous influence on German artistic circles.
Between 1892 and 1908, Munch spent much of his time in Paris and Berlin. After 1910 Munch returned to Norway, where he lived and painted until his death. In his later paintings Munch showed more interest in nature and his work became more colorful and less pessimistic. Munch became influenced by Frits Thaulow. Munch died in Ekely, near Oslo. He left many of his works to the city of Oslo, which built a museum in his honor.
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The Cry (The Scream)
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Ashes
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Puberty
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