Edvard Munch paintings, including "The Scream", have universal appeal in addition to their highly personal meaning. Munch's works are now represented in numerous major museums and galleries in Norway and abroad. His cabin, "the Happy House", was given to the municipality of Åsgårdstrand in 1944; it serves as a small Munch Museum. The inventory has been maintained exactly as he left it. One version of "The Scream" was stolen from the National Gallery in 1994. In 2004, another version of "The Scream", along with one of "Madonna", was stolen from the Munch Museum in a daring daylight robbery. All were eventually recovered,
Puberty (Munch painting) Puberty (Munch painting) Puberty () is an 1894-95 painting created by Edvard Munch. Munch is an artist native to Norway and is widely known for his role in expressionistic art. "Puberty" has also been done as a lithograph and an etching by Munch. In the late 1880s and into the mid-1890s, Munch, in his mid-twenties, had begun to create his series of "Puberty" pieces. At this time Munch had already established himself as a notable artist in Berlin. During this period of his life Munch often found residence in Berlin, where his newfound fame and circle of friends were. His