Edvard Munch - Behind the Scream

Who was the man behind The Scream, the iconic painting that so acutely expresses the anguish of the twentieth century? Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) was twenty-eight when he embarked on a lifelong effort to paint his 'soul's diary' - and began a perverse love affair with self-destruction. This intimate and moving life of the Norwegian artist explores his turbulent early years, his time as a recluse, and his intense efforts to paint not what he saw, but what he experienced.

About the author

In addition to her prize-winning biography of Edvard Munch, Sue Prideaux is the author of I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche, longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019, and Strindberg: A Life, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for nonfiction and winner of the Duff Cooper prize.

Summary

The biography of the artist who created the most haunting icon of the twentieth century

Product details

• Authors: Sue Prideaux, Prideaux Sue
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780300250008
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25000-8
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, ART / History / General, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Modernism, Individual photographers, Individual artists, art monographs, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Individual architects and architectural firms