Edvard Munch : behind the Scream / Sue Prideaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prideaux, Sue.

Contributor:

Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944.

Munch, Edvard.

Artists--Norway--Biography.

Artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Problems in Naming and Dating

Munch's Paints and Materials

Maps

Family Tree

1. Shy Souls: 1863 and Before

2. Never More to Be Parted: 1864-1868

3. Growing up in Kristiania: 1869-1875

4. The Blood-red Banner: 1876-1877

5. Losing Faith: 1878-1881

6. 'I have decided to become an artist': 1879-1881

7. 'No more brown sauce': 1882-1885

8. A Calculated Seduction: 1885

9. A Few Drinks Before Breakfast: 1883-1886

10. Soap Art and Soul Art: 1886

11. And Virtue is a Sham: 1886-1889

12. The Saint-Cloud Manifesto: 1889-1890

13. Bizzarro: 1890-1892

14. God is Dead. Berlin: 1892-1894

15. Memento Mori 1894-1896

16. Magical Assassins: 1896-1900

17. The Dance of Life: 1897-1899

18. Death and the Maiden: 1899-1901

19. The Shooting: 1902

20. Self-portrait in Hell: 1903-1908

21. The Hideous Face of Insanity: 1907-1909

22. The Sun, the Sun: 1909-1916

23. Where My Soul Fits in?: 1914-1922

24. Degenerate Art: 1922-1940

25. Death at the Helm: 1940-1944

Notes

Select Bibliography

Chronology

Photograph and Text Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-370) and index.

ISBN:

9781283705448

1283705443

9780300194210

0300194218

OCLC:

1059272688