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Edvard Munch was born in Norway in , and was raised in Christiania (known as Oslo today).!
Edvard Munch painting hidden from Nazis in a barn sells at auction for nearly £17million.
Edvard Munch
(1863-1944)
Who Was Edvard Munch?
Painter Edvard Munch established a free-flowing, psychological-themed style all his own. His painting "The Scream" ("The Cry"; 1893), is one of the most recognizable works in the history of art.
His later works proved to be less intense, but his earlier, darker paintings ensured his legacy. A testament to his importance, "The Scream" sold for more than $119 million in 2012 —s etting a new record.
Early Life and Education
Munch was born on December 12, 1863, in Löten, Norway, the second of five children.
In 1864, Munch moved with his family to the city of Oslo, where his mother died four years later of tuberculosis — he beginning of a series of familial tragedies in Munch's life: his sister, Sophie, also died of tuberculosis, in 1877 at the age of 15; another of his sisters spent most of her life institutionalized for mental illness; and his only brother died of pneumonia at age 30.
In 1879, Munch
