Artists Series: Edvard Munch

A lucid introduction to an artist whose exaggerated, intense and haunting works of psychodrama were an influential precursor to the popular Expressionist movement of the twentieth century.Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is best-known as the artist behind one of the most iconic and haunting faces in art history. The emotional anguish behind The Scream resonated with those experiencing the new modern age but has since also reverberated through generations to today. This book is an indispensable guide to the life and work of Munch. Beginning with his tragic childhood, it follows his travels in Europe during the emergence of impressionism and post-impressionism, and the troublesome relationships and drama that plagued him throughout his long life. Bringing together a wide selection of his sketches and paintings from across his career, it demonstrates the artist's inner drive to communicate his experience of life with human directness and depth, and his existential commitment to his art.