The Art of Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker and is now regarded as one of modern art's most influential and electrifying protagonists. He was born in a rustic farmhouse in Loten, Norway. In 1879 Munch enrolled in a technical college to study engineering, where he excelled in physics, chemistry, and math. He learned scaled and perspective drawing, but frequent illnesses