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Edvard Munch

Also known as E. Munch, Munch, edv. munch, Eduard Munch

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

AI overview

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter from 1863 to 1944 who created emotionally intense artworks that explored psychological themes. His work became highly influential in the development of modern art movements, particularly Expressionism, making him a central figure in early 20th-century artistic innovation.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Edvard Munch is referenced by 1,099 other articles, and connects out to Vampire, Oslo and Expressionism.

Vinony files it under 1863 births, 1944 deaths and 19th-century Norwegian male artists.

Its subject is documented across 105 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1863
Died: 1944
Works: 141

Top works

Edvard Munch, the graphic work
ムンク版画名作展
Munch/Nolde
Mennesket og kunstneren Edvard Munch
Munch and after Munch

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Norway
Active from: 1863-12-12
Active to: 1944-01-23

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 287
Total plays: 503

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“I am at work on a girl. It is quite simple a girl getting up on the edge of her bed and pulling on her stockings. The bed is whitish, and in addition there are white sheets, a white nightdress, a bedside table with a white cover, white curtains and a blue wall. [as model for his painting 'Morning', 1884]”
“Life here [in Paris, 1885] is quite different. You hardly ever see a dog on a lead; you come across little wagons being pulled by dogs that are often so small that you can't imagine how on earth they manage to shift such enormous weights. You see shepherdesses in the middle of the street herding goats and sometimes playing on their flutes. I think I'll go to the Louvre and the Salon today.”
“No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.”
“I thought I should make something – I felt it would be so easy – it would take form under my hands like magic.”
“When seen as a whole, art derives from a person's desire to communicate himself to another. I do not believe in an art which is not forced into existence by a human being’s desire to open his heart. All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart’s blood. Art is your heart’s blood.”
“I was walking along a path with two friends — the sun was setting — suddenly the sky turned blood red — I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence — there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city — my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety — and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Edvard Munch 1921.jpg

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Commons category: Edvard Munch
date of birth: 1863-01-01
date of death: 1944-01-01
Commons Creator page: Edvard Munch
Commons gallery: Edvard Munch
name in native language: Edvard Munch
birth name: Edvard Munch
P8168: Kováčová

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Edvard Munch, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Edvard Munch (/mʊŋk/ MUUNK; Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmʊŋk] ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.

His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (Oslo), Munch began to live a bohemian life under the influence of the nihilist Hans Jæger, who urged him to paint his own emotional and psychological state ('soul painting'); from this emerged his distinctive style.

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