Edvard Munch: A Genius of Printmaking
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3775737014 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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I didn't know this side of Munch and enjoy looking at the pictures which are very well reproduced I didn't know this side of Munch and enjoy looking at the pictures which are very well reproduced. The text is interesting too.
Munch’s graphic works, in which he achieved a persuasive condensation of his major Symbolist allegories, captivate the viewer with their subtle color palettes and their expressive sense of reduction.Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was born in Loton, Norway, and studied design and art in Oslo. Munch is regarded as one of the trailblazers of the Expressionist currents that informed European painting in the early twentieth century. Among the masterpieces included in this representative volume of images and texts are graphic versions of Munch’s world-famous subjects in the form of large-format color lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, hand-colored prints and experimental prints on colored paper. In May of 1885 he traveled to Paris on a scholarship, and after the deaths of his sister and father the following year, he began to spend most of his time in France. Love, pain and death; passion, loneliness and sorrow--the entire oeuvre