1863 |
Birth
of Edvard Munch, December 12, Loten, Norway. Son of military doctor,
Christian Munch and wife, Cathrine. |
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1868 |
Munch's
mother dies of tuberculosis at the age of 30. Her sister, Karen
Bjolstad, takes over household. |
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1877 |
Sister,
Sophie, dies of tuberculosis at age of 15. |
1879 |
Edvard
enters Technical College to become an engineer. Frequent illnesses
interrupt his studies. |
1880 |
Leaves
College to become a painter. |
1881 |
Enrolls
at the Royal School of Art and Design. Paints his first self portrait.
Sculptor Julius Middelthun teacher of Munch. |
1882 |
Exhibits
at the Industries and Art Exhibition. |
1885 |
Works
on The Sick Child. |
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1886 |
Munch
is identified with a controversial group called "Christiania's Bohemia",
named after a novel of that name by Hans Jaeger, anarchist and a
leader of the group. |
1889 |
Edvard
organizes a retrospective exhibition of 110 works at the Student
Organization in Christiania. He attends Bonnat School of Art in
Paris. Father dies. |
1890 |
Returns
to Norway. |
1891 |
Rents
a studio in Paris. Summer in Norway. Munch's health deteriorates
through excessive drinking. Travels to Copenhagen, Nice, Hamburg,
Frankfurt, Basle and Geneva. |
1892 |
Edvard
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 Düsseldorf, Copenhagen, Breslau, Dresden
and Munich. |
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1893 |
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. |
1894 |
Produces
first etchings and lithographs. Receives commissions for illustrations
for the periodical Pan. |
1895 |
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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1896 |
Moves
to Paris. A full-page reproduction of Madonna
appears in the periodical L'Aube. Prints color lithographs and first
woodcuts. His mental and physical health deteriorates. |
1897 |
Buys
a house at Asgardstrand, where he will spend most of his summers
until 1906. |
1898 |
Travels
to Copenhagen, Berlin and Paris. Illustrates Strindberg's texts
in the periodical Quickborn. |
1899 |
Travels
to Berlin, Paris, and Florence, Rome. Suffers from influenza, bronchitis
and exhaustion. |
1902 |
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. Gustav Schiefler begins to catalog his graphic works. |
1903 |
Meets
Eva Mudocci, an English violinist. |
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1904 |
Sells
800 prints through Schiefler. Becomes a member of Berliner Secession.
Munch now drinks heavily. |
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1906 |
Attempts
health cures at various spas near Weimar. Travels to Berlin, Weimar
and Jena. |
|
1907 |
Settles
in Berlin. |
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1908
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Edvard
paints in Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany. Exhibits with the Brücke
in Dresden. Complete nervous breakdown in autumn. Spends eight months
at Dr. Jacobson's clinic. |
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1909 |
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. |
1910 |
Participates
in the Berlin Secession. |
1911 |
Wins
the Oslo University Aula competition. |
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1913 |
Resigns
from the Berlin Secession. 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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1915 |
Munch
exhibits graphic works at the Panama-Pacific International exhibition
in San Francisco. |
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1916 |
Buys
a house at Ekly, Norway, where he will live most of the rest of
his life. |
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1917 |
Curt
Glaser's book "Edvard Munch" is published in Berlin. |
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1920-2 |
Travels
to Berlin, Paris, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. Buys work from German
artists to support them. |
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1923 |
Edvard
Munch becomes a member of the German Academy of Fine Art. |
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1927 |
Exhibits
over 223 works at his retrospective exhibitions at the National
Galleries in Berlin and Oslo. |
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1928 |
Designs
murals for central hall, Oslo City Hall. Suffers from cysts in his
right eye. |
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1933 |
Celebrates
70th birthday. A broken vessel in his right eye causes almost total
blindness. |
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1934 |
Presents
his portrait of Strindberg to the National Museum in Stockholm. |
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1940-1 |
Germany
invades Norway. Munch refuses contact with the Nazis. |
1944 |
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. |
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