![]() ![]() This and his father's fanatic Christianity led Munch to view his life as dominated by the "twin black angels of insanity and disease."Īfter studying engineering, Munch soon turned to art. Childhood experiences with death and sickness -both his mother and sister died of tuberculosis (an often-fatal disease that attacks the lungs and bones) -greatly influenced his emotional and intellectual development. Early lifeīorn on December 12, 1863, in Loieten, near Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, Edvard Munch was the son of a military doctor. His art was a major influence of the expressionist movement, in which where artists sought to give rise to emotional responses. The Norwegian painter and graphic artist Edvard Munch illustrated man's emotional life in love and death. ![]()
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