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Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
Edvard Munch (pronounced “moonk”) is Norway's most famous and in-
fluential painter. His life was rich, complex, and sad. His father was a
doctor who had a nervous breakdown. His mother and sister both died of
tuberculosis. He knew suffering. And he gave us the enduring symbol of
20th-century pain,
The Scream
.
He was also Norway's most forward-thinking painter, a man who
traveled extensively through Europe, soaking up the colors of the Post-
