EDVARD MUNCH
(1863-1944)
Born in Adalsbruk, Norway.
He is the most famous Nowergian painter and printmaker; everybody knows "The Scream". Only a few knows that he created not only one but four versions of that painting, two pastels and two paintings.
He was a real modernist painter who got the influence of Symbolism and German Expressionism while living in Oslo, Paris and Berlin.
About his "The Scream" Munch said: "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set, suddenly, the sky turned as read as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood streched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous, infinite scream of nature."
His legacy is enormous. More than 1.000 paintings and almost 5.000 drawings. Most of these works are represented in numerous museums and art galleries in Norway and abroad.

"The Scream", 1893

"vening on Karl Johan Street", 1892

"nude by Wicker Chair", 1929

"house on the coast", 1915   woodcut

"the dance of life", 1900