Edvard Munch
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- Yes
- Isn't that rather strong language?

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Yes, it is. What we feel
about Munch's painting is expressed

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in a footnote I added personally
to our review:

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"It is true that the public is annoyed
by these disgusting works.

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"How regrettable then that
such exhibitions draw full houses.

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"An empty gallery would be the best way
to control these extravagances."

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I agree with Aftenposten.
This is not art, it is dirt.

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For the next 14 years,
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Edvard Munch is to lead a life
of increasing pain and isolation.

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His illness, aggravated by smoking
and alcohol, is to grow worse.

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He is torn by the themes
of jealousy and suffering,

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by the thought of
his own death

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and his descent into a literal hell.
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The conservative press is to
continue its attacks on his work

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and, other than for periods
spent at Åsgårdstrand,

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where he once met
with Mrs. Heiberg,


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