History Creator / EdvardMunch

It is sometimes debated whether Munch was as angsty and troubled as he let on, or whether he was an expert self-dramatizer. Available evidence suggests that both things are true. In either case, since his best-known work is entitled "''Art/{{The Scream|Munch}}''" -- and for good reason! -- we can regard this as an essential component of both his personality and his work.

Munch's portfolio eventually entered the public domain at the start of 2015.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Female models with red hair seem to be a bit of AuthorAppeal for Munch.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagny_Juel Dagny Juel]], one of his most prominent novels (and lovers) was a redhead. She is the model for the ''Madonna'' picture.

* TheBigDamnKiss: His {{paintings}} entitled "The Kiss" and a few others.

* TheBigDamnKiss: His paintings entitled "The Kiss" and a few others.

Edvard Munch (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian artist (painter, printmaker, sometime photographer…) working in the 19th and 20th centuries. He broke with convention in a number of ways, in general turning his back on verisimilitude in his figurative art in favor of showing how things looked and felt to him. In this he would be a great influence on the Expressionist art before, during and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and modern art in general.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Most of the critics thought so. They mostly thought his paintings were pure crap, and Munch himself was deemed to be out of his mind to paint like he did.

** His painting "Starry Night" is a more subdued take on the subject, than that of Creator/VincentVanGogh, who was still largely an unknown.

!!Works by Edvard Munch on TV Tropes:

!!Edvard Munch provides examples of:

* IllGirl: Subject of "The Sick Child", which was inspired by the death of his older sister at age 15 from tuberculosis.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: His only painting that has reached pop culture fame is "Art/{{The Scream|EdvardMunch}}", which has been parodied and referenced so often that it practically has become a StockParody in the form of TheScreamParody. The sad thing is that the general audience doesn't always know who painted it and isn't very familiar with Munch's other works.

** To top this, the canvas of Art/{{The Scream|EdvardMunch}} has the following words written over the skyline: ''This could only have been painted by a loony''.

It is sometimes debated whether Munch was as angsty and troubled as he let on, or whether he was an expert self-dramatizer. Available evidence suggests that both things are true. In either case, since his best-known work is entitled "''Art/{{The Scream|EdvardMunch}}''" — and for good reason! — we can regard this as an essential component of both his personality and his work.

* ''Art/TheScreamEdvardMunch''

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* Art/TheScreamEdvardMunch