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At that moment he had a feeling
that life's greatest happiness
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slipped from his grasp.
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There were tears in her eyes.
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Munch now prepares himself again
for the public and the critics,
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often in the introvert company
of Sigbjørn Obstfelder, the poet
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and Jorgen Sørensen,
the crippled artist.
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April 1889.
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Edvard Munch again faces the public.
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And, to show exactly where he stands
and what he stands for,
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exhibits everything
he has ever created:
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110 canvases and
innumerable drawings.
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Dominating the exhibition
is a huge canvas.
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Entitled Spring,
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it is a re-working
of The Sick Child,
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But gone now is
the loose expressive brushstroke
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of the earlier work.
1:21:09
Here there is minute detail,
1:21:11
a strain of hair,
1:21:13
a blood stained handkerchief,
1:21:16
a carefully outlined bottle and vase,
1:21:19
the detailed top of a cupboard,
1:21:21
and even the pot of flowers.
1:21:24
Have you seen Miss C.
since she married?
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I expect things are difficult for you.
1:21:32
It must feel strange
when you think of her.
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Why has Munch's work changed
so much since The Sick Child?
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I can only guess but something
must have happened to Munch
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which made him lose faith
in himself and his art,
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poor criticism as well as
other factors.