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Edvard Munch (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream painting, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.

Edvard Munch a gifted Norwegian painter, not only was his country's greatest artist, but also played a vital role in the development of German expressionism. His work often included the symbolic portrayal of such themes as misery, sickness, and death. The Scream of Edvard Munch, probably his most famous oil painting, is typical in its anguished expression of isolation and fear.

Beginning with the artist’s early oil portraits and genre scenes, Munch’s moves away from Norwegian naturalism toward an unprecedented exploration of modern existential experience. Munch’s struggle to translate personal trauma into universal terms and in the process, comprehend the fundamental components of human existence: birth, love and death. Munch's convulsed and tortuous art was formed by the misery and conflicts of his time, even more important, by his own unhappy life. Childhood tragedy, intense and dramatic love affairs, alcoholism and ceaseless traveling are reflected in his works, particularly in oil paintings like The Scream, Munch's oil paintings show his social awareness and his tendency to express many of the basic fears and anxieties of mankind. A gifted Norwegian painter and printmaker, Edvard Munch not only was his country's greatest artist, but also played a vital role in the development of German expressionism. His work often included the symbolic portrayal of such themes as misery, sickness, and death. The Scream, probably his most familiar painting, is typical in its anguished expression of isolation and fear.

Edvard Munch oil painting reproductions are among the gifts that will surely win the hearts of people especially if you made the right choice. Edvard Munch paintings collection offer vary painting styles so you can find more options that best suit your specifications. Munch traveled to Paris in 1885, and his work began to show the influence of French painters. First, the impressionists, and then the impressionists as well as art nouveau design. Like many young artists Munch reacted against conventional behavior, and in 1892 he took part in a controversial exhibit in Berlin. His circle of friends included several writers, one of whom was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Munch designed the sets for several of Ibsen's plays.

Edvard Munch was an expressionist painter and printmaker from Oslo Norway. Heas regarded as the pioneer of the amazing Expressionist movement. Edvard Munch Oil Paintings from the late 1800's is the most well known, but his later work is gradually attracting more attention and is quite an inspiration of many of today's artists.