Mad as Munch!

Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch, painter of ‘The Scream’, was a self-proclaimed madman but, maybe, he was actually saner than most…

Edvard Munch is one of the earliest, and most influential, of the pioneering Expressionist painters. He’s widely known for his recurring themes of alienation, anxiety, grief, and despair. Munch had a traumatic childhood during which many of his friends and family died and this deeply affected his outlook. Although his paintings are often sombre and disturbing, the overall message proclaimed…