Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth

Language: English

Published by Art Institute of Chicago; Yale University Press, Chicago and New Haven, CT, 2009

030011950X / 9780300119503

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231 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map; 32 cm. Issued in connection with an exhibition held February 14 to April 26, 2009 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Droplet stain/top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Two potent myths have traditionally defined our understanding of the artist Edvard Munch (1862-1944): he was mentally unstable, as his iconic work The Scream (1893) suggests, and he was radically independent, following his own singular vision. Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth persuasively challenges these entrenched perceptions. In this book, Jay A. Clarke demonstrates that Munch was thoroughly in control of his artistic identity, a savvy businessman skilled in responding to the market and shaping popular opinion. Moreover, the author shows that Munch was keenly aware of the art world of his day, adopting motifs, styles, and techniques from a wide variety of sources, including many Scandinavian artists. By presenting Munch's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to those of European contemporaries, including Harriet Backer, James Ensor, Vincent van Gogh, Max Klinger, Christian Krohg, and Claude Monet, Clarke reveals often surprising connections and influences. This interpretive approach, grounded in Munch's diaries and letters, period criticism, and the artworks themselves, reintroduces Munch as an artist who cultivated myths both visual and personal. Becoming Edvard Munch features beautiful color reproductions of approximately 150 works, including 75 paintings and 75 works on paper by Munch and his peers." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Munch's anxiety of influence; Creating a reputation, making a myth; The matrix and the market: exploring Munch's prints; The metabolic Munch: representing persecution and regeneration; Individual works: tracing influence from Ancher to Zorn, by Britany Salsbury and Jay A. Clarke; Edvard Munch: life, art, and travels, 1863-1944. Size: Folio.…

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Title
Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth
Author
Munch, Edvard; Clarke, Jay A. (Catalogue by)
Publisher
Art Institute of Chicago; Yale University Press, Chicago and New Haven, CT
Publication year
2009
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
030011950X
ISBN 13
9780300119503
Edition
1st.
Seller catalogs
European::7. Late 19th Century, European::8. Modern, 1900-1945, Movements::Expressionism, Scandinavian, XXXL: Jumbo

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