The purpose of the show of Edvard Munch at the Pinacotheque in Paris, subtitled "The Anti-Scream," is clearly to show that he painted more than the "Scream" and it does this very well.
I sat down with a biography of his and my notes on where I thought his paintings fit and by golly, they don't. For instance, his sister, whose death supposedly haunted him for years, died just before his most representational period (1881-1891) and his father's death was followed by his impressionist phase (1891-1896).
The creepy stuff doesn't show up til 1896 and the fantastic art 'til 1902 and his nervous breakdown (later with delusions) wasn't until 1902. By then you'd think he'd be painting bonkers-type-stuff but no, his famous woodcuts are from 1919 and formal portraits 1916-1919. In any case-
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