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Born December 12, 1863 • Norway
Died January 23, 1944 (aged 80) • near Oslo • Norway
Notable Works “Death in the Sick Room” • “Madonna” • “The Kiss” • “The Scream” • “The Sick Child” • “The Voice”
Movement / Style Expressionism

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Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch: The Scream
Edvard Munch: The Kiss
Edvard Munch
Strindberg, lithograph by Edvard Munch, 1896
Edvard Munch, self-portrait, lithograph, 1895; in the Albertina, Vienna
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