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Edvard Munch was born in 1863 à Løten, norway, and grew up in Kristiania, in what is 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 his artistic training in Oslo before traveling to Europe, where he discovered the modern currents of the late 19th century. 

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

His work is organized around recurring themes. The human figure is often depicted head-on or in isolation, in bare or stylized 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, introspective vision of the human condition. 

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

Alongside his painting, Munch developed an important body of graphic work. He practiced engraving, these techniques enable him to diffuse 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 contrasting and simplifying forms. 

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

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