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Beyond 'The Scream'; Munch's self-portraits reveal the breadth of his talent.(Edvard Munch exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts)
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Newsweek International
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October 17, 2005
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Byline: Ginanne Brownell
A skeletally thin figure, hunched in what could be midmotion, stands in a darkened blue-black room. Part of his face is bathed in soft light, but his eyes remain in shadow, haunting charcoal sockets aimed straight ahead. His defined nose and thin, pursed lips hint at the striking youth he was, but now, with his gray hair and scraggly overcoat, he seems a pathetic figure, resolute in his unhappiness and scornful of the darkness. The deep green flooring is painted to look as if it is on a steep slant, making it that much more difficult for the man to stay upright. The world, it seems, has turned against him. Or is it, on closer inspection, he who has ...
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