Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.
Self-Portrait with Palette (1926). On view at the Clark Art Institute
Despair by Edvard Munch (1894) displays emotion that could be seen as related to dissociation or depression in borderline personality disorder.
Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895, Munch Museum, Oslo
Inger on the Beach, 1889, Bergen Kunstmuseum
The Sick Child is the title given to a group of six paintings and a number of lithographs, drypoints and etchings completed by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch between 1885 and 1926. Each work record
Edvard Munch
…self-examination, recording his thoughts in his "soul's diary". This deeper perspective helped move him to a new view of his art. He wrote that his painting The Sick Child (1886), based on his sister's death, was his first "soul painting", his first break from Impressionism. The painting received a negative response from…
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child, 1885–1886. The original version. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.
The Sick Child, 1895. Drypoint. The only work in the series to feature a scene other than the room itself. According to the British Museum, "It may be that he intended to contrast the blooming life of nature with the dying of humanity."
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child, 1907. 4th in the series. Oil on canvas, 137 cm (54 in) × 139 cm (55 in). Tate, London.
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child, 1925. 5th in the series. Oil on canvas, 117 cm (46 in) × 118 cm (46 in). Munch Museum, Oslo.