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Munch born in Loten, Norway.
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Her sister, Karen Bjolstad, takes over household.
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Frequent illnesses interrupt his studies.
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Paints his first self portrait.
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Also organizes a retrospective exhibition of 110 works at the Student Organization in Christiania and attends Bonnat School of Art in Paris.
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Rents a studio in Paris. Summer in Norway. Munch's health deteriorates through excessive drinking. Travels to Copenhagen, Nice, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Basle and Geneva.
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Is invited by the Union of Berlin Artists, to exhibit at its November exhibition. Munch's paintings become the object of bitter controversy; after one week the exhibition is closed. Munch's paintings are shown at exhibitions in Dsseldorf, Copenhagen, Breslau, Dresden and Munich.
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Takes up residence in Berlin. Meets and paints August Strindberg. Joins international circle of writers, artists and critics, including Ola Hannson, Richard Dehmal, Holger Drachmann and Gunnar Heiberg.
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The press urge a boycott of Munch's exhibition at Blomquist's gallery in Christiania, Norway. The National Gallery of Oslo buys Self Portrait with Cigarette.
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A full-page reproduction of Madonna appears in the periodical L'Aube. Prints color lithographs and first woodcuts. His mental and physical health deteriorates.
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Where he will spend most of his summers until 1906.
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Suffers from influenza, bronchitis and exhaustion.
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Exhibits the "Frieze of Life" at the Berlin Secession. During an argument Munch is wound by a gunshot and loses two finger joints in his left hand.
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Sells 800 prints through Schiefler. Becomes a member of Berliner Secession. Munch now drinks heavily.
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Attempts health cures at various spas near Weimar. Travels to Berlin, Weimar and Jena.
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Edvard paints in Warnemnde, Rostock, Germany. Exhibits with the Brcke in Dresden. Complete nervous breakdown in autumn. Spends eight months at Dr. Jacobson's clinic.
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Composes prose poem, "Alpha and Omega" with lithograph illustrations. Returns to Norway where he rents a house at Skrubben near Kragero. Munch isolates himself from the art world.
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Exhibits new versions of the "Frieze of Life" paintings at the Autumn Exhibition in Berlin with Picasso. Travels widely in Europe and visits New York.
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Munch exhibits graphic works at the Panama-Pacific International exhibition in San Francisco
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Where he will live most of the rest of his life.
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Curt Glaser's book "Edvard Munch" is published in Berlin.
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Travels to Berlin, Paris, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. Buys work from German artists to support them.
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Exhibits over 223 works at his retrospective exhibitions at the National Galleries in Berlin and Oslo.
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Designs murals for central hall, Oslo City Hall. Suffers from cysts in his right eye.
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Celebrates 70th birthday. A broken vessel in his right eye causes almost total blindness.
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Germany invades Norway.
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Shortly after his 80th birthday, on January 23, Edvard Munch dies peacefully at home in Ekely. Bequeaths 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolors, and 6 sculptures to the city of Oslo.