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Munch Edvard
(1863—1944)

Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. In the 1890s he abandoned impressionism to portray from his profound sense of isolation the themes of death, fear, and anxiety. Munch said he heard “the scream of nature.” To describe this, he developed an exciting, violent, and emotionally... More...

German Federal Republic, 2000, Friedrich Nietzsche