Author

Contributions

  • Garrels, Gary, editor - Contributor
  • Steihaug, Jon-Ove, editor - Contributor
  • Wagstaff, Sheena, editor - Contributor
  • Knausgård, Karl Ove, 1968- writer of preface - Contributor
  • Berman, Patricia G., writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
and 6 more
  • Morehead, Allison, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Shiff, Richard, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Stein, Mille, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Contributor
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor
  • Munch-museet (Oslo, Norway) - Contributor

Publication

2017 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

38,000 words, Guess

Page Count

152 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101588396231
  • ISBN-139781588396235
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017012250
  • OCLC Control Number961309373
  • Better World Books9781588396235
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC759.81
  • LCCND773.M8 A4 2017
  • LCCND773.M8A4 2017

Description

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. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch underwent electroshock therapy, which prompted a marked change in his art work. 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. 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conception of self as a means of experimentation, and the psychological content of his paintings, while a previously unpublished foreword by the celebrated Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard offers a new perspective on Munch's life and work. 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.

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