Why did printmaking appeal to Edvard Munch?

For Edvard Munch, printmaking held two primary appeals. First, it allowed him to disseminate his artistic message to a significantly larger audience than his paintings alone could reach.1

Second, the medium provided him with a platform for creative experimentation. Because he lacked formal training in graphic techniques, he was encouraged to develop highly innovative methods. For instance, he radically simplified the woodcut process by sawing single blocks into multiple pieces and often utilized the natural grain of the wood for expressive effect. Additionally, he frequently combined different media or layered them to achieve unique results. These experimental approaches in his graphic work, which included etchings, drypoints, and lithographs, proved influential to later generations of artists.12