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Many famous painters only become famous after they die. Often, their love for their art is more important than food. Munch saw his artworks as his children, and hated selling them.
Beginnings and endings
Edvard Munch was born in Norway on December 12, 1863. He travelled all over the world with his art. But he was in Norway when he died on January 23, 1944.
Munch was an 'expressionist'. Expressionism was a movement to express the meaning of being alive.
Expressionists tried to portray inner emotions, not outward, physical experiences.
Art as an explanation
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