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Yale University Press
June 2007
On Sale: June 14, 2007
391 pages
ISBN: 0300124015
EAN: 9780300124019
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Non-Fiction Biography
Although almost everyone recognizes Edvard Munch’s famous
painting The Scream, hardly anyone knows much about
the man. What kind of person could have created this
universal image, one that so vividly expressed all the
uncertainties of the twentieth century? What kind of
experiences did he have? In this book, the first
comprehensive biography of Edvard Munch in English, Sue
Prideaux brings the artist fully to life. Combining a
scholar’s precision with a novelist’s insight, she explores
the events of his turbulent life and unerringly places his
experiences in their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual
contexts.
With unlimited access to tens of thousands of
Munch’s papers, including his letters and diaries, Prideaux
offers a portrait of the artist that is both intimate and
moving. Munch sought to paint what he experienced rather
than what he saw, and as his life often veered out of
control, his experiences were painful. Yet he painted
throughout his long life, creating strange and dramatic
works in which hysteria and violence lie barely concealed
beneath the surface. An extraordinary genius, Munch connects
with an audience that reaches around the world and across
more than a century.
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