Publisher's Synopsis
This museum catalogue showcases Munchs artistic achievement in all its richness and diversity, surveying his career in its entirety from 1880 to 1944. Beginning with the artists early portraits and genre scenes, the book features a lavish selection of colour plates, an introduction by Kynaston McShine and essays by Patricia Berman, Reinhold Heller, Elizabeth Prelinger and Tina Yarborough, as well as an in-depth documentation of Munchs art and career.