Edvard Munch Portraits

Following four themes – Family, Bohemia, Collectors and Patrons, Friends and Lifeguards – Edvard Munch Portraits brings together 40 of Munch’s most significant portraits, showcasing the wide array of styles, techniques and mediums that he employed. Along with illuminating comparative material, this publication gives deeper insight into the artist’s family and bohemian social circle, along with German collectors and patrons of his work, and ends upon Munch’s return to Norway in 1909.

Edvard Munch (1863 – 1944) is widely regarded as one of the great portraitists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This highly illustrated publication explores the range of portraits Munch created during his lifetime, placing his work within the cultural and historical background of his period, and providing readers with a greater understanding and immersion into the narrative.