Edvard Munch

Scandinavia's most famous painter, the Norwegian Edvard Munch (1863-1944), is probably best known for his painting The Scream, a universally recognized icon of terror and despair. (A version was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, in August 2004, and has not yet been recovered.) But Munch considered himself a writer as well as a painter. Munch began painting as a teenager and, in his young adulthood, studied and worked in Paris and Berlin, where he evolved a highly personal style in paintings and works on paper. And in diaries that he kept for decades, he also experimented with reminiscence, fiction, prose portraits, philosophical speculations, and surrealism. Known as an artist who captured both the ecstasies and the hellish depths of the human condition, Munch conveys these emotions in his diaries but also reveals other facets of his personality in remarks and stories that are alternately droll, compassionate, romantic, and cerebral. This English translation of Edvard Munch's private diaries, the most extensive edition to appear in any language, captures the eloquent lyricism of the original Norwegian text. The journal entries in this volume span the period from the 1880s, when Munch was in his twenties, until the 1930s, reflecting the changes in his life and his work. The book is illustrated with fifteen of Munch's drawings, many of them rarely seen before. While these diaries have been excerpted before, no translation has captured the real passion and poetry of Munch's voice. This is a translation that lets Munch speak for himself and evokes the primal passion of his diaries. J. Gill Holland's exceptional work adds a whole new level to our understanding of the artist and the depth of his scream.

We Are Flames Which Pour Out of the Earth

The Private Journals of Edvard Munch

El friso de la vida

Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde

Musée d'Orsay

Munch Museet

Paris, musée d'Orsay, 24 septembre 1991-5 janvier 1992 : Oslo, musée Munch, 27 janvier-21 avril 1992

Munch et la France

Arne Eggum

Arne Eggum, chief curator of Oslo's Munch Museum, presents fifteen years of research on Munch's life resulting in this magnificently illustrated book with 450 reproductions, 150 of which have never been reproduced before. Tracing Munch's beginnings as an artist (age seven) to his maturation as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement, Eggum's work is a truly revelatory and fascinating exploration of this Norwegian painter.

Paintings, Sketches, and Studies

Edowarudo Munku ten

Uwe M. Schneede

The early masterpieces of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, pioneer of modern art, who developed a Nordic variant of modern painting.

The Early Masterpieces

Jay Anne Clarke

"Two potent myths have traditionally defined our understanding of the artist Edvard Munch (1862-1944): he was mentally unstable, as his iconic work The Scream (1893) suggests, and he was radically independent, following his own singular vision. Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth persuasively challenges these entrenched perceptions. In this book, Jay A. Clarke demonstrates that Munch was thoroughly in control of his artistic identity, a savvy businessman skilled in responding to the market and shaping popular opinion. Moreover, the author shows that Munch was keenly aware of the art world of his day, adopting motifs, styles, and techniques from a wide variety of sources, including many Scandinavian artists. By presenting Munch's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to those of European contemporaries, including Harriet Backer, James Ensor, Vincent van Gogh, Max Klinger, Christian Krohg, and Claude Monet, Clarke reveals often surprising connections and influences. This interpretive approach, grounded in Munch's diaries and letters, period criticism, and the artworks themselves, reintroduces Munch as an artist who cultivated myths both visual and personal. Becoming Edvard Munch features beautiful color reproductions of approximately 150 works, including 75 paintings and 75 works on paper by Munch and his peers"--Book jacket.

Influence, Anxiety, and Myth

Becoming Edvard Munch

Theme and Variation

High Museum of Art

Elizabeth Prelinger

Prelinger Elizabeth

This compelling book, focusing on more than 60 of Edvard Munch's later paintings, reveals the surprising, vibrant work of a fascinating man who never ceased to grow as an artist. 140 illustrations, 130 in full color.

The Late Paintings of Edvard Munch

After The Scream

Alfred Werner

90 haunting, evocative prints by first major Expressionist artist and one of the greatest graphic artists of his time: The Scream, Anxiety, Death Chamber, The Kiss, Madonna, On the Jetty, Picking Apples, Ibsen in the Cafe of the Grand Hotel, etc. Introduction by Alfred Werner.

Graphic Works of Edvard Munch

Ted Gott

Elizabeth Cross

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "Edvard Munch: The Frieze of Life," National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 13 October 2004 - 12 January 2005.

The Frieze of Life

Gerd Woll

Marit Lande Pedersen

Marit Lande

Munch-museet (Oslo, Norway)

A comprehensive and enlightening overview of this extraordinary painter researched by the foremost experts in the field. Features his lithographs and woodcuts as well as the paintings.

Munch at the Munch Museum, Oslo

Per Amann

Peter Russell

The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch produced some of the most intensely evocative images of modern art. Building upon nineteenth century Symbolism and greatly influencing German Expressionism, masterpieces such as ‘The Scream’ have left a lasting impression on the history of art. Munch’s harrowing and unique paintings present a paranoid, troubled world, revealing the importance of art for expressing human experience. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Munch’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Edvard Munch — over 1800 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Munch’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view * Includes a selection of Munch's drawings - explore the artist’s varied works Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights FROM MARIDALEN THE SICK CHILD SPRING NIGHT IN SAINT-CLOUD MELANCHOLY EVENING ON KARL JOHAN STREET PUBERTY SELF PORTRAIT WITH A CIGARETTE SUMMER NIGHT PORTRAIT OF HANS JÆGER DEATH IN THE SICKROOM VAMPIRE THE VOICE MADONNA THE DANCE OF LIFE THE SCREAM JEALOUSY GIRLS ON THE BRIDGE PORTRAIT OF WALTER RATHENAU PORTRAIT OF DR. DANIEL JACOBSON THE SUN WORKERS ON THEIR WAY HOME The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS DETAILED LIST OF PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Drawings LIST OF DRAWINGS Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

Delphi Complete Paintings of Edvard Munch (Illustrated)

Ulrich Bischoff

The Scream of self-liberation: Paintings by one of Expressionism's pioneers For Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painting was an act of self-liberation. His treatments of fear, desperation, and death still exert a powerful visual and psychological effect on modern viewers. Of all Munch's paintings, "The Scream" (1893), representing a figure tortured by horror, is the most well-known-and certainly one of the most expressive. The artist reflected his innermost feelings in his work: "In reality, my art is a free confession, an attempt to clarify to myself my own relation to life..." Although Edvard Munch cannot be clearly identified with any single movement, he is deemed a pioneer of Expressionism. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Munch

National Gallery of Ireland

This volume provides a general introduction to Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's (1863-1944) prints in the context of 20th-century European art and also describes the innovative printmaking techniques used by Munch. Munch is regarded, along with Van Gogh and Gauguin, as one of the fathers of Expressionism. The authors have included 40 of his finest prints from the collection of the Munch Museum, in Oslo; these prints have been selected to best illustrate Munch's techniques.

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