Edvard Munch was born on December 12, 1863, in Löton, Norway
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Biography of Edvard Munch
Munch moved with his family to the city of Oslo
his mother died of tuberculosis
His sister Sophie also died of tuberculosis
His one brother died of pneumonia
Munch began attending a technical college to study engineering but left just a year later when his interest in art overtook his interest in engineering.
He enrolled at the Royal School of Art and Design.
He rented a studio with six other artists and entered his first show, at the Industries and Art Exhibition.
His father died
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He lived mainly in France, funded by state scholarships, experiencing the most p+roductive, and troubled, period of his artistic life.
The Scream painted
He nearly died of influenza
Edvard Munch died
Munch's The Scream sold for more than $119 million at Sotheby's in New York
