Edvard Munch

**Edvard Munch** (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter and . He was born in Adalsbruk. He was an expressionist who painted 1789 known paintings. He is well known for his treatment of emotion such as fear. His way of seeing things had a large influence on the expressionism of the 20th century. People saw this treatment as being intense.

During his life, he had success as a painter: He became famous outside Norway, and his paintings got high prices. The National Gallery (Norway) used much money to buy paintings by Munch. He painted a large murals in the *aula* (main room) of Norway's (then) only university.

## Early life and education
He had four brothers and sisters. He had followed his mother and sister by being the best artists in their family. While Edvard was still young, his mother and one of his sisters died. But it was when he was thirteen that he really came to like art. The first paintings he did were simple objects like medicine bottles and other objects. Later on, he drew oil paintings.

He went to technical college in 1879 where he learnt how to draw paintings with perspective. However, in 1880, the following year he left the school to become a painter.

He went to the Royal School of Art and Design. This is where he learnt sculpturing and naturalistic painting. This is where he drew his first important portrait of himself and his father.

## Health and death
Munch was ill very often. Many scientists think that he suffered from bipolar disorder (manic depression). He died at his house in Oslo.

## Paintings
*The Scream* (1893; originally called *Despair*). This is Munch's best-known painting, and is one of the best known images in the world. It is one of the pieces in a series titled *The Frieze of Life*. In the series Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death and melancholy.

*The Frieze of Life* themes  come back throughout Munch's work. These themes can be seen in paintings such as *The Sick Child* (1886, portrait of his deceased sister Sophie), (1893–1894), *Ashes* (1894), and *The Bridge*. The last-named shows limp figures. Those figures have faces with no features, or they have no faces at all. Threatening shapes of heavy trees and houses are above the figures. Munch portrayed women either as frail, innocent sufferers or as lurid, life-devouring vampires. Munch analysts say this reflects his sexual anxieties.

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* 1885-86: *The Sick Child*	
* 1892: *Evening on Karl Johan*
* 1893: *The Scream*
* 1894: *Ashes*
* 1894–1895: *Madonna*
* 1895: *Puberty*
* 1895: *Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette*
* 1895: *Death in the Sickroom*
* 1899–1900: *The Dance of Life*
* 1899–1900: *The Dead Mother*
* 1903: *Village in Moonlight*
* 1940–1942: *Self Portrait: Between Clock and Bed*

File:The Scream.jpg|*The Scream*. 1893. Oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The dance of life (1899-1900).jpg|*The Dance of Life*. 1899–1900. Oil on canvas, 49&nbsp;×&nbsp;75 in. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Ashes (1895).jpg|*Ashes*. 1894. Oil on canvas. 120.5&nbsp;×&nbsp;141&nbsp;cm. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Madonna - Google Art Project.jpg|*Madonna*. 1894. Oil on canvas. 90&nbsp;×&nbsp;68&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo

## Other paintings 

File:Edvard Munch - The Seine at Saint-Cloud - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Seine at Saint-Cloud*. 1890. 46&nbsp;×&nbsp;38&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - At the Roulette Table in Monte Carlo - Google Art Project.jpg|*At the Roulette Table in Monte Carlo*. 1892. 74,5&nbsp;×&nbsp;116&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:August Strindberg by Edvard Munch.jpg|*August Strindberg*. 1892. Oil on canvas, 120&nbsp;×&nbsp;90&nbsp;cm. Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
File:Edvard Munch - Death in the Sickroom - Google Art Project.jpg|*Death in the Sickroom*. 1893. 134&nbsp;×&nbsp;160&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:'Starry Night' by Edvard Munch, 1893, Getty Center.JPG|*Starry Night*. 1893. 135.6&nbsp;×&nbsp;140&nbsp;cm. J. Paul Getty Museum.
File:Edvard Munch - Vampire (1895) - Google Art Project.jpg|*Vampire*. 1895. 91&nbsp;×&nbsp;109&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Anxiety - Google Art Project.jpg|*Anxiety*. 1894. 94&nbsp;×&nbsp;74&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Munch deathSickroom.jpg|*Death in the Sickroom.* c. 1895. Oil on canvas. 59&nbsp;×&nbsp;66 in. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch, Lady from the sea.jpg|*Lady From the Sea* (detail). 1896. Oil on canvas. 39&nbsp;×&nbsp;126 in.
File:Edvard Munch - Evening. Melancholy I - Google Art Project.jpg|*Evening. Melancholy I*. 1896. 41.1&nbsp;×&nbsp;55.7&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Separation - Google Art Project.jpg|*Separation*. 1896. 96&nbsp;×&nbsp;127&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The Voice , Summer Night - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Voice / Summer Night*. 1896. 90&nbsp;×&nbsp;119&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The Kiss - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Kiss*. 1897. 99&nbsp;×&nbsp;81&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Inheritance - Google Art Project.jpg|*Inheritance*. 1897–99. 141&nbsp;×&nbsp;120&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Metabolism - Google Art Project.jpg|*Metabolism*. 1898–99. 172&nbsp;×&nbsp;142&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Red and White - Google Art Project.jpg|*Red and White*. 1899–1900. 93&nbsp;×&nbsp;129&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Train Smoke - Google Art Project.jpg|*Train Smoke*. 1900. 84&nbsp;×&nbsp;109&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Consul Christen Sandberg - Google Art Project.jpg|*Consul Christen Sandberg*. 1901. 215&nbsp;×&nbsp;147&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Kiss IV - Google Art Project.jpg|*Kiss IV*. 1902. 47&nbsp;×&nbsp;47&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Four Girls in Åsgårdstrand - Google Art Project.jpg|*Four Girls in Åsgårdstrand*. 1903. 87&nbsp;×&nbsp;111&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The Brooch. Eva Mudocci - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Brooch. Eva Mudocci*. 1903. 76&nbsp;×&nbsp;53.2&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Shore with Red House - Google Art Project.jpg|*Shore with Red House*. 1904. 69&nbsp;×&nbsp;109&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Friederich Nietzsche.jpg|*Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche* (1906). Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm
File:MunchDerToddesMarat1907.JPG|*Death of Marat I* (1907)
File:Edvard Munch - Jealousy - Google Art Project.jpg|*Jealousy*. 1907. 75&nbsp;×&nbsp;98&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The Sun - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Sun*. 1910–11. 450&nbsp;×&nbsp;772&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Galloping Horse - Google Art Project.jpg|*Galloping Horse*. 1910–12. 148&nbsp;×&nbsp;120&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - The Yellow Log - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Yellow Log*. 1912. 129.5&nbsp;×&nbsp;159.5&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - On the Sofa - Google Art Project.jpg|*On the Sofa*. 1913. 80&nbsp;×&nbsp;150&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Weeping Nude - Google Art Project.jpg|*Weeping Nude*. 1913–14. 110&nbsp;×&nbsp;135&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Golgotha (1900).jpg|*Golgotha*.1900.
File:Edvard Munch - Workers on their Way Home - Google Art Project.jpg|*Workers on their Way Home*. 1913–14. 227&nbsp;×&nbsp;201&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo 

### Nudes 

File:Puberty (1894-95) by Edvard Munch.jpg|*Puberty*. 1894-95.
File:Edvard_Munch - The Hands (1893).jpg|*The Hands*. 1893.
File:Munch Edvard Weiblicher Halbakt_Sprengel Museum 01.JPG|*Seated Nude*. 1902.
File:Edvard Munch, Gr%C3%A5tende kvinne.JPG|*Weeping woman*. 1907-1909.
File:%27Morning Yawn%27 by Edvard Munch, 1913, Bergen_Kunstmuseum.JPG|*Morning Yawn*. 1913.
File:Model by the Wicker Chair.jpeg|*Naked model by the wicker chair*. 1919.

### Self-portraits

File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project (533070).jpg|*Self-Portrait*. 1882. 26&nbsp;×&nbsp;19&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait (1895) G0192-59 - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait*. 1895. 458&nbsp;×&nbsp;314&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait in Hell - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait in Hell*. 1903. 82&nbsp;×&nbsp;66&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait with Brushes - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait with Brushes*. 1904. 197&nbsp;×&nbsp;91&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait with a Bottle of Wine - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait with a Bottle of Wine*. 1906. 110&nbsp;×&nbsp;120&nbsp;cm. Munch Museum, Oslo

### Photographs

File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait at 53 Am Strom in Warnemünde - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait at 53 Am Strom in Warnemünde*. 1907. 89&nbsp;×&nbsp;89&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Edvard Munch at the Beach in Warnemünde - Google Art Project.jpg|*Edvard Munch at the Beach in Warnemünde*. 1907. 83&nbsp;×&nbsp;87&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait “à la Marat” - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait “à la Marat”*. 1908–09. 81&nbsp;×&nbsp;85&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait Somewhere on the Continent I - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait Somewhere on the Continent I*. 1906. 90&nbsp;×&nbsp;90&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Edvard Munch - Self-Portrait Somewhere on the Continent II - Google Art Project.jpg|*Self-Portrait Somewhere on the Continent II*. 1906. 82&nbsp;×&nbsp;87&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo
File:Portrett av Edvard Munch, 26 år gammel.jpg|Portrait at 26 years
File:Portrait photographique dEdvard Munch (4865295519).jpg|Portrait of Edvard Munch 1902
File:Portrett av Edvard Munch.jpg|Portrait of Edvard Munch
File:Portrett av Edvard Munch, 1929 (8382627071).jpg|Portrait of Edvard Munch 1929
File:Edvard Munch 1912.jpg|Munch in 1912
File:Edvard Munch - Rosa Meissner at the Hotel Rohn in Warnemünde - Google Art Project.jpg|*Rosa Meissner at the Hotel Rohn in Warnemünde*. 1907. Photograph. 87&nbsp;×&nbsp;73&nbsp;mm. Munch Museum, Oslo

### Paintings by year
## References
## Other websites 
* Biography from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* The Munch Museum
* Gallery Munch - Løten 
* Munch at artcyclopedia
* Catalogue raisonné of Edvard Munch's paintings. 
* Edvard Munch 
* Interpol's page  about the stolen works of art
Munch and bipolar disorder:
* Rothenberg A. Bipolar illness, creativity, and treatment. *Psychiatr Q.* 2001 Summer;72(2):131-47.
* Edvard Munch in Germany