Edvard Munch is Norway's most important painter and graphic artist and the only one to exercise a decisive influence on European art. A forerunner of Expressionism, his works were influenced by an early life tortured by sickness, insanity, rejection and guilt and he worked through his neuroses in his paintings. With the greatest consistency throughout his life, Munch created a life's work which would not only enable the deepest problems of the century to live on into our time, but also says something about human existence, which couldn't be put into words. Right up to the last days of his life, Munch shed light on anxiety as an existential problem. This beautifully produced survey of the painter from the Curators at the Munch Museum in Oslo is a rich exploration of his life, his paintings and his graphic works. Both famous and lesser-known paintings are analysed and put into context as well as the extraordinary woodcuts, which so cleverly exploit the grain of the wood and are some of the most accomplished and confident things he did.
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Memories of the Munch Museum, Oslo,
By Siew Jin Ngui (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Munch at the Munch-Museet, Oslo (Hardcover)
This book is an excellent souvenir and an ideal book for anyone who has yet to discover Munch's wonderful work. The book gives you three different aspects of the artist. You learn about his life and about Munch as a painter and printer. The reproductions in the book are truly amazing, they may not be the real thing but they trigger your memory of how you felt when you were studying them in the museum. Munch at the Munch Museum is not only an excellent souvenir but also an excellent tribute to the museum and Munch himself.
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