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(1895)

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(1891)

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After recovering from a mental illness by going to a Sanitarium, Munch lived 35 more years! At that time, living till 80 was like living to 100 today

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Munch wasn't happy with all the fame and fortune at one point, when he was addicted to Alcohol.

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When Munch told his father that he wanted to pursue a career in art, he was very disappointed. Though Edvard's uncle was an artist as well, his father considered it as an "unholy trade.

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When The Scream was looted in 2004, Mars offered 2 million dark M&Ms to anyone who found the original painting of The Scream. They even sent out this AD.

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I was walking along the road with two friends. The Sun was setting —
The Sky turned a bloody red
And I felt a whiff of Melancholy — I stood
Still, deathly tired — over the blue-black
Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire
My Friends walked on — I remained behind
— shivering with Anxiety. I felt the great Scream in Nature

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Believe it or not, The Scream sold as one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at $119 million in 2012.

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Munch had a sever Alcohol addiction problem. He could not control the amount of liquor he had. This led him to a mental illness, just like his father.

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Edvard attended an engineering college at first, deciding have a career in that subject. Soon enough, he had found the love of art. He quit college, and studied art.

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(1895)

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Unfortunately, The Scream was stolen 2 times. In 1994 and 2004.

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The movie, Scream (starring: Drew Barrymore, Courtney Cox, and Neve Campbell.) was actually inspired by Edvard's painting!

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Munch wrote a poem about The Scream, which was originally called The Scream of Nature.

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Munch passed away at the age of 80 on January 23, 1944.

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Munch was born in Norway in 1863. He was and brought up in Christiana (which is known as Oslo today).

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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

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He paints in the symbolism style.

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The red sky in the background of The Scream may represent the eruption of the Krakatoa Volcano in Indonesia.

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Munch's style was inspired by Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, and Paul Gaugin. This was while he visited Paris in 1885.

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Munch followed post impressionism.

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His father had a mental illness, which we still aren't aware of the diagnosis. Due to that, all of Munch's siblings were raised with a fears of deep seated issues.

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Many of his paintings are dedicated to his mother, who passed away from tuberculosis, and Edvard's sister had died of the same  reason at the age of 14. Due to how he was raised, his work is in deeper tone.

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One of the most famous paintings of his.

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This is Munch (pronounced Monk) in 1933