Featuring over 40 masterworks from throughout the painter's career, and an illustrated chronology that traces the progression of his emotional state and its influence on the images he created, this is an intimate, provocative study of an enigmatic artist and his remarkable legacy. Informative essays consider Munch's position in the art world, his conception of self as a means of experimentation, and the psychological content of his paintings, while a previously unpublished foreword by the celebrated Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard offers a new perspective on Munch's life and work. A penetrating reassessment of Munch’s memorable painting and profound a. The haunting Self-Portrait between the Clock and the Bed, finished one year before his death, represents a culmination of the themes of mortality, isolation, and anxiety that he explored repeatedly, and provides, in these pages, a perfect lens through which to view the artist's entire oeuvre. Please note the bulk of the visual contents come from the Edvard Munch Museum located in Oslo Norway.So many paintings, sketches and studies are reproduced here in color within this 305 page hardcover out of demand, out of sight what with newer not greater books on Munch more heavily promoted. Read 5 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch underwent electroshock therapy, which prompted a marked change in his art work. A penetrating reassessment of Munch's memorable painting and profound artistic legacy This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state.

Edvard Munch by Gary Garrels