The painter Edvard Munch was tormented man, who had a very gloomy childhood. "His private life as a grown up was a mess, but he managed to express all his anguish through his creative and disquieting paintings" (Belmont 1). As we take a look at his personal life and how things went for him, you will discover many things that will surprise you.
It all started when Edvard Munch was born on December 12, 1863 in Loten, Norway. He grew up with a dad who was a military doctor. His mother had passed away when he was five years old due to tuberculosis. A few years after that in 1877, his sister, Sophie, died of the same disease along with a brother of his. His only brother actually got married later on, but died shortly after. His only sister left, Karen, took over the household (Edvard 1). These were obviously some pretty depressing things that happened to him. He was stunned at what had happened. Especially at the young age that he was at, he did not know what to make out of it. These deaths could explain his thinking during the time of his paintings.
After growing up he entered a technical college to become an engineer. Since his family members had gotten sick and died, the illnesses were passed on to him. He was a very sickly man during his lifetime. He dropped college to become a painter because his illnesses were interrupting his schooling. In 1881, Munch enrolled into the Royal School of Art and
Design (Edvard 1). It was there that he painted his first self portrait. In 1885, he worked on one of his paintings that would soon become very popular. It was called "The Sick Child".
After exhibiting his work at the Industries and Art Exhibition, Munch decided to go study in Paris at the Bonnat School of Art in 1889. The same year his father passed away, yet another death in Edvard's life. He went back to Norway because of his father's death, and then returned to Paris for the rest of his schooling (Edvard 1). After all of the deaths within his family, Munch began to abuse alcohol. It took a toll on his body by deteriorating his health.
Following his schooling, Edvard moved to Berlin. He was invited to an exhibit and became the bitter controversy. After about one week the exhibit was closed.
Then Geisel left home at age 18 to attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. When he was there he was editor in chief for the college’s humor magazine named Jack-O-Lantern. One night when he was in his dorm he and some of his friends were caught drinking in their dorm room in violation of the Prohibition law. For that he was kicked off the magazine staff but he continued to write for it under the name “Seuss”.
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