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Edvard Munch was born in 1863 à Løten, norway, and grew up in Kristiania, now Oslo. His childhood was marked by difficult personal experiences, which had a lasting influence on his vision of the world and nourished his work. He received artistic training in Oslo before travelling in Europe, where he discovered the modern movements of the late 19th century. 

Very early on, Munch moved away from the naturalistic tradition to develop a pictorial language based on the expression of emotions and psychic states. He favoured undulating line, he used intense colours and simplified compositions to convey universal feelings. This approach set him apart from the dominant trends of his time, and foreshadowed the later developments of Expressionism. 

His work is organised around major recurring themes. The human figure is often depicted head-on or in isolation, in stark or stylised environments. Emotional relationships, suffering, fear and finitude form the core of his iconographic universe. Munch conceived several series in which these themes are expressed in different forms, affirming a coherent and introspective vision of the human condition. 

Munch's painting is characterised by a constant tension between figuration and distortion. Bodies and faces are deliberately altered, perspectives unstable and colours used symbolically. This approach gives his works an immediate emotional force, where the image becomes the vector of an inner experience. 

Alongside his painting, Munch also developed an important body of graphic work. He practised engraving, these techniques enable him to disseminate his images and reinforce the expressive dimension of his work through contrast and simplification of form. These techniques enable him to disseminate his images and reinforce the expressive dimension of his work through the contrast and simplification of forms. 

Over the course of his career, Munch gained increasing recognition, despite periods of withdrawal and isolation. He continued his work until the end of his life, developing an increasingly direct and refined style. His later works show a more synthetic approach, while retaining the expressive force that characterised his language. 

Edvard Munch died in 1944 in Norway. His work occupies a central place in the history of modern art. It was an essential reference point for Expressionism and for a whole generation of artists who sought to use art as a means of exploring human experience and subjectivity.