My father was temperamentally nervous and obsessively religious – to the point of psychoneurosis. From him I inherited the seeds of madness. The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side since the day I was born.
— Edvard Munch Modern

The Scream

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Reflecting on his inherited psychological and emotional predispositions.

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Early 20th Century

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Strange & Unusual

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