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Erik Morstad, ed.: Edvard Munch: An Anthology.(Book review)
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Scandinavian Studies
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December 22, 2007
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- Alexis, Karin
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Erik Morstad, ed. Edvard Munch: An Anthology. [Oslo]: Unipub forlag and Oslo Academic P, 2006.
Edvard Munch (1863-1944), the Norwegian painter, may be the most well-known Scandinavian artist in an international community of art historians. Munch has been included in surveys of modern art and even in some general histories of art. Such texts sometimes include reproductions of such iconic images as The Scream (1893) and The Dance of Life (1999-2000). These early paintings have frequently been viewed by art historians as Munch's most potent visual statements. Munch is a key figure in creating expressionistic works of art, powerful, often haunting visual images that bespeak ...
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J. Gill Holland, ed. The Private Journals of Edvard Munch.(Book review)
Scandinavian Studies;
September 22, 2006 ;
Sheffield, Clarence Burton, Jr.;
686 words
......Holland, ed. The Private Journals of Edvard Munch. Madison: U Wisconsin P, 2005. Pp. 192. $29.95. The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch had a complex and lifelong relationship...out-of-print Words and Images of Edvard Munch (1986) by Bente Torjusen. Munch...
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(Re-) reading Edvard Munch: trends in the current literature.
Scandinavian Studies;
January 1, 1994 ;
Berman, Patricia G.;
787 words
......their lives and their art as Edvard Munch (1863-1944). By representing...of moving visual dramas, Munch, more than virtually any...challenge the stereotype of Munch as unstable, morbid, and...survey such re-readings of Munch's career and point to what...sense, move outward from Munch ...
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Norway's haunted son; The strange shadows of Edvard Munch.(BOOKS)
The Washington Times;
October 16, 2005 ;
787 words
......absorbing biography. In Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream...intimate insights into Munch's troubled childhood...called his paintings. Munch wanted the body of...months. Sophie and Edvard drew particularly...see it today in the Munch Museum. Munch's painting...
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Dark lord; Edvard Munch.(Biography)
The Economist (US);
October 8, 2005 ;
506 words
......The artist through his own eyes EDVARD MUNCH may be just too familiar for his...Munch's hold on what it meant to be Edvard Munch was far less sure. In this he is...looks ghostly, phantasmal, haunted. Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream , Sue Prideaux...
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Munch? He makes you want to scream.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
October 16, 2005 ;
698 words
...Byline: PHILIP HENSHER Edvard Munch By Himself Royal Academy...exhibition proves. I mean, Munch is extremely famous for one...Any further investigation of Munch quickly reveals a painter...the exhibition focuses on Munch's selfportraits; there are...problems in a show entitled Edvard ...
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NEW YORK TO GO ALL OUT FOR MUNCH.(works of Edvard Munch)
WWD;
January 27, 2006 ;
Feitelberg, Rosemary;
365 words
......Maybe it's a sign of the times, but Edvard Munch, the epic Symbolist painter whose...raise the artist's profile with Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul. The...showcased at Scandinavia House's Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print, Highlights...
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Lasting Impressions;Edvard Munch's Prints of Pain
The Washington Post;
May 27, 1990 ;
Jo Ann Lewis;
787 words
......by the Norwegian modernist Edvard Munch opened with a succe`s de...no point wasting words on Munch's paintings, as they have...can make such a commotion," Munch wrote to his aunt. "You asked...1894, in a frenzy of work, Munch took up printmaking for the...prints would ensue during ...
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Culture: Munch - a life in pictures; Chiefly famous for his painting The...
The Birmingham Post (England);
October 3, 2005 ;
787 words
......Grimley The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is one of those artists whose...the collections of the city's Munch Museum can be found much closer...Royal Acdemy in London, in Munch by Himself, a major exhibition...artist's self-portraits. Though Munch rivals Van Gogh as one of late...
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Retrospective on Edvard Munch opens at MoMA
AP Worldstream;
February 17, 2006 ;
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer;
562 words
......and despair to love and passion, Edvard Munch felt it all _ and painted it. Mining...emotion, a new exhibition shows. "Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul" opens...Foundation at Scandanavia House. "Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print. Highlights...
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An expressive Munch exhibit.(Scene)
The Boston Herald;
February 9, 2001 ;
Silver, Joanne;
696 words
......been painted by a madman, Edvard Munch scrawled onto one version...define the human condition, Munch (1863-1944) knew he was journeying...polite society. Even today, Munch's art remains startling and...the strength and clarity of Munch's vision. Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol ...
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VISUAL ART: Torment? It's my first name Munch By Himself Royal Academy...
The Independent on Sunday;
October 9, 2005 ;
Charles Darwent;
622 words
......from the Royal Academy's Edvard Munch By Himself " a show of the...self-portraits " isn't a picture of Munch by Munch but one of a young...in Berlin shortly before Munch's catastrophic nervous breakdown...consumptive older sister die. Munch had already lost his mother...even to the ...
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Beyond 'The Scream'; Munch's self-portraits reveal the breadth of his...
Newsweek International;
October 17, 2005 ;
Brownell, Ginanne;
693 words
......the world? The Night Wanderer by Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is one of dozens of...displayed to striking effect in Edvard Munch by Himself at London's Royal Academy...Prideaux, author of the new biography Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream. He always had...
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Edvard Munch's images of women
Scandinavian Review;
October 1, 1997 ;
Epstein, Sarah G;
787 words
......Leonardo's Mona Lisa is The Scream by Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Norwegian artist...first time I ever saw the work of Edvard Munch-in 1950-I was a student at the...Epstein, and I have put together an Edvard Munch collection of about 270 graphics...
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The pain painter.(Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream)(Book review)
Policy Review;
April 1, 2006 ;
Bering, Henrik;
787 words
...SUE PRIDEAUX. Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream. YALE UNIVERSITY...eight paintings by the Norwegian master Edvard Munch sold at a recent auction at Sotheby...Prideaux with her superb new biography, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, source of the incident...
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London Museum to Launch Munch Exhibit
AP Online;
September 28, 2005 ;
LACEY KRAUSE, Associated Press Writer;
528 words
......painting by renowned artist Edvard Munch, titled "Self portrait with...Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005. When "Munch by Himself" opens at the Royal...of Norwegian impressionist Edvard Munch. The exhibit's 150 pieces...70 oil paintings, serve as Munch's visual autobiography. His...
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