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People must undergo
an experience looking at art.
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But which people? The bourgeoisie.
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They can afford to buy works of art.
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But what about those
who queue for food?
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For Edvard Munch,
the artistic problem lies deeper,
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somehow to express the tension
growing in himself and in his family.
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There has been a lot of illness
and death in our family.
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Mamma died of tuberculosis
when she was 30 years old
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and Granny died of the same
disease when she was 36.
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The christian names of the woman
sitting to the right of Edvard Munch
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are Andrea Fredrikke Emilie.
She is nicknamed "Millie".
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Her age is 24.
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For 3 years she has been married
to a Kristiania city doctor
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who is 9 years her senior in age.
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She has no children.
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They walk down the Karl Johan.
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All the virtuous little misses
want to trip along there.
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Jæger's vision is to set up
a special school
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for the "prim young misses"
of middle-class Kristiania,