Edvard Munch: A Biography Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new movement in art. Munch and many artists of the time needed to express their feelings about all the change that was happening around. Edvard Munch was born in Norway in 1863; he knew how a person's emotional pain …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…years of 1940-1944, he did continue to make prints and paintings. He died on January 23, 1944. In 1963, a museum was opened to house all his great work. The museum is called The Munch-Museet. Munch was an extremely powerful painter in that he was able to communicate his feelings and emotions of death and tragedy through his work, just the way he expressed himself through his artwork is what gave him the best qualities as an artist.