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Norway's haunted son; The strange shadows of Edvard Munch.(BOOKS)
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The Washington Times
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October 16, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Gwen Gibson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Edvard Munch, Norway's most famous artist, chronicled his reactions to life with such hauntingly memorable paintings as "The Scream," "The Sick Child," "Madonna," "The Vampire" and hundreds of other extraordinary works. Now art historian Sue Prideaux has chronicled the turbulent life of the genius behind these paintings in a new and absorbing biography.
In "Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream," Ms. Prideaux gives us rare and intimate insights into Munch's troubled childhood; his turbulent love affairs; his struggles with poverty, depression and alcoholism; his friendships with the famous and the infamous, and his ...
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