He briefly considered marriage, but could not commit himself. Currently on view at the Clark Art InstituteĪs his fame and wealth grew, his emotional state remained insecure. One of the pastels would eventually command the fourth highest nominal price paid for a painting at auction. Between 18, he made two painted versions and two in pastels, as well as a number of prints.
The painting's agonized face is widely identified with the angst of the modern person. According to Munch, he was out walking at sunset, when he 'heard the enormous, infinite scream of nature'.
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In Berlin, he met the Swedish dramatist August Strindberg, whom he painted, as he embarked on a major series of paintings he would later call The Frieze of Life, depicting a series of deeply-felt themes such as love, anxiety, jealousy and betrayal, steeped in atmosphere. In Paris, he learned much from Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, especially their use of color. Travel brought new influences and outlets. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (today's 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.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. His 1893 work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
Edvard Munch ( / m ʊ ŋ k/ MUUNK, Norwegian: ⓘ 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter.
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