TY - GEN T1 - Edvard Munch : behind the Scream A1 - Prideaux, Sue A2 - Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944 LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 2005 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn820122668 AB - Although almost everyone recognizes Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, hardly anyone knows much about the man. What kind of person could have created this universal image, one that so vividly expressed all the uncertainties of the twentieth century? What kind of experiences did he have? In this book, the first comprehensive biography of Edvard Munch in English, Sue Prideaux brings the artist fully to life. Combining a scholar's precision with a novelist's insight, she explores the events of his turbulent life and unerringly places his experiences in their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual contexts. With unlimited access to tens of thousands of Munch's papers, including his letters and diaries, Prideaux offers a portrait of the artist that is both intimate and moving. Munch sought to paint what he experienced rather than what he saw, and as his life often veered out of control, his experiences were painful. Yet he painted throughout his long life, creating strange and dramatic works in which hysteria and violence lie barely concealed beneath the surface. An extraordinary genius, Munch connects with an audience that reaches around the world and across more than a century. OP - 391 CN - N7073.M8 P75 2005eb SN - 9780300194210 SN - 0300194218 SN - 1283705443 SN - 9781283705448 SN - 0300110243 SN - 9780300110241 KW - Munch, Edvard, : 1863-1944. KW - Munch, Edvard, : 1863-1944 KW - Artists : Norway : Biography. KW - Artistes : NorveĢ€ge : Biographies. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Artists, Architects, Photographers. KW - ART : Individual Artists : Artists' Books. KW - ART : Individual Artists : Essays. KW - ART : Individual Artists : Monographs. KW - Artists KW - Norway KW - Biographies ER -