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Which members of Edvard Munch’s family died of tuberculosis?
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Edvard Munch
Photograph of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch standing in snow.
The family members of Edvard Munch who died of tuberculosis were his mother, Laura Cathrine Munch, and his eldest sister, Sophie Munch.1
Munch was deeply affected by these losses, which occurred during his childhood. He famously memorialized the death of his sister in his early masterpiece, The Sick Child. Reflecting on the pervasive tragedy in his upbringing, Munch noted that illness, insanity, and death were the "black angels" that watched over his life.1