Full Description
The close relationship between Edvard Munch and the National Gallery of Oslo, today part of the National Museum, is a subject well worthy of a detailed publication.
The first Munch painting acquired by the museum was Night in Nice, purchased in 1891. Today the collection encompasses 57 paintings and 186 works on paper. The paintings include masterpieces such as The Sick Child, The Scream, Madonna, The Girls on the Bridge, and Man in the Cabbage Field. How did the museum come by all these works? And what is the story behind the famous 'Munch Room'? Answers to these and many other questions can be found in this book, which contains reproductions of all the works in the collection.
The book contains texts by Karin Hindsbo, Nils Messel, Sidsel Helliesen, Gerd Woll, Thierry Ford, Mai Britt Guleng, Øystein Ustvedt, Wenche Volle and Vibeke Waallann Hansen.
Text in English and Norwegian.
Contents
5 Foreword
Karin Hindsbo
7 Edvard Munch and the National Gallery
Nils Messel
25 In the beginning was the picture series.
Edvard Munch's "Frieze of Life" and the National Gallery
Mai Britt Guleng
33 The printmaker and the collection
Sidsel Helliesen
45 Conservation histories
Thierry Ford
53 Paintings
55 Paintings - user's guide
56 Catalogue 1-57
Vibeke Waallann Hansen (VWH), Øystein Ustvedt (ØU), Wenche Volle (WV)
187 Prints and drawings
189 Prints and drawings - user's guide
Sidsel Helliesen
193 Catalogue 58-243
Sidsel Helliesen, Gerd Woll
317 Year by year. Edvard Munch and the National Museum
319 Exhibitions 1883-2019
323 Bibliography
