Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream by Sue Prideaux

ISBN: 9780300250008

Yale University Press, May 2019

496 pages, Paperback

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Biography

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.