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Munch was a true modernist in both his work and his contemporary views on society. He once wrote: “No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.”
When Edvard Munch was only five years old, his mother Laura Munch (1837–1868) died of tuberculosis. Her sister Karen Bjølstad (1839–1931) moved into the Munch family’s apartment in Norway's capital Kristiania (now Oslo) to take care of Edvard and his four brothers and sisters. In 1877, tragedy struck again when Edvard’s older sister Sofie also died of tuberculosis.
Munch’s aunt Karen Bjølstad was herself an artist. She introduced Edvard Munch to the world of art when he was still a child.
Munch’s early artistic project would partly evolve from the sudden deaths of his mother and sister. In 1885, he began painting the first version of The Sick Child, which depicts his older sister Sofie and aunt Karen.
In 1885, Edvard Munch experienced his first great love when he met Milly Thaulow (1860–1937).
Even long after the relationship was over, Munch could not get Thaulow out of his mind. However, Thaulow did not reciprocate his emotions and she married another man. Munch was especially disappointed when she later divorced and remarried without showing interest in him. His disappointment would influence his relationship with women for the rest of his life.
Milly Thaulow was later became known as one of the first members of the Norwegian press to write about food and fashion.
In his work Dance of Life, painted in 1899–1900, the Munch and Thaulow are depicted as the central couple in a jealousy drama.
Edvard Munch was a world-famous painter and printmaker from Norway. Born in Løten in 1863, Munch was active for more than 60 years and was one of Modernism’s most important artists.
His best-known work is The Scream, painted in 1893, which is one of the most iconic paintings in modern art. Other famous pieces include The Girls on the Bridge and Madonna.
Munch died at his home in Oslo in 1944, shortly after his 80th birthday.
In 2021, the new MUNCH museum opened in an iconic and ultra modern building right beside a brand new city beach. The 13-story tall building contains galleries and restaurants, and hosts workshops and contemporary art exhibitions, in addition to iconic pieces by the world-famous painter.
MUNCH is home to more than half of the artist’s paintings and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world.
Around the turn of the century, Munch had a turbulent romantic relationship with Mathilde “Tulla” Larsen (1869–1942). In the late summer of 1902, their very last meeting took place in Munch’s house in the small seaside town of Åsgårdstrand. Munch was wounded in his left middle finger when a pistol allegedly accidentally discharged. Neither Larsen nor Munch was able to provide a satisfactory explanation of the event and it is still not known what really happened. However, what is known is that Munch would thereafter work without the use of one of his joints for the rest of his life.
Although this 1899 photograph of Larsen and Munch does look like a portrait of a married couple, Munch never married.
In 1905, Munch painted Head by head, which depicts himself together with Larsen.
The theme in the painting The Girls on the Bridge is central in Munch’s oeuvre and is featured in twelve editions of the work. Munch painted the first edition just after the turn of the century. The first edition is exhibited at The National Museum in Oslo. The motif is from the small seaside town Åsgårdstrand.
Munch’s relationships with women were typically brief, spontaneous first-time meetings followed by a lifelong fascination, more or less on both sides.
One of these women was Ingse Vibe (1886–1945) who is said to have caught Munch's attention by leaning over the wooden fence outside his house in Åsgårdstrand one day in 1903, when she was just 16 years old.
They cultivated a friendship that would last for decades. This relationship is documented through their preserved correspondence. One postcard is a photo of Ingse acting on stage at the National Theatre in Oslo that reads: “I wanted to send you a small greeting and show you how pretty I look when I’m a good girl. Yours, Ingse.”
Munch also frequently used Ingse as a model for his drawings and paintings.
Another postcard from Ingse Vibe to Edvard Munch, sent in 1907, shows that the notion that a woman could dress in a suit and sail a boat was alive in Norway more than a hundred years ago.
The Brooch is a 1903 lithograph depicting the English violinist Eva Mudocci (1883–1953), who was Munch’s lover. The motif is closely related to Munch’s key work Madonna. Mudocci also appears in two other works by Munch from the same year: The violin concert and Salome. Munch has been quoted as saying that Mudocci had “eyes of a thousand years” and once sent her a letter in which he wrote: “Here is the stone that has fallen from my heart.”
“She had the eyes of a thousand years” – Edvard Munch
Between 1916 and his death in 1944, Munch lived and worked in Ekely, a former market garden located in Oslo. Although numerous women visited his home and studio in Ekely to be portrayed, many of these artworks are less well known today.
Edvard Munch struggled with the dilemma between his passion for women and his fear of rejection throughout his life. He considered marriage to be incompatible with his artistic ambitions and remained unmarried until his death in 1944 at the age of 80.
Edvard Munch was a world-famous painter and printmaker from Norway. Born in Løten in 1863, Munch was active for more than 60 years and was one of Modernism’s most important artists.
His best-known work is The Scream, painted in 1893, which is one of the most iconic paintings in modern art. Other famous pieces include The Girls on the Bridge and Madonna.
Munch died at his home in Oslo in 1944, shortly after his 80th birthday.
In 2021, the new MUNCH museum opened in an iconic and ultra modern building right beside a brand new city beach. The 13-story tall building contains galleries and restaurants, and hosts workshops and contemporary art exhibitions, in addition to iconic pieces by the world-famous painter.
MUNCH is home to more than half of the artist’s paintings and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world.
Edvard Munch earned his place in history with artwork influenced by his restless soul and the Norwegian nature. Meet the creator of the iconic masterpiece The Scream.
In order to honour Munch's legacy, Oslo has built the new MUNCH museum, one of the world’s largest museums dedicated to a single artist.
With Oslo as a starting point, there are several historical places to visit to get a glimpse of Munch’s life and work.
From one of Oslo’s most beautiful lookouts, Edvard Munch found inspiration for one of the world’s most famous paintings: The Scream .
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To celebrate the opening of the new Munch Museum in Oslo in 2021, we challenged four booming Norwegian artists to create music inspired by Edvard Munch’s paintings.
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