Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Edvard Munch (; ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter, whose best known work, "The Scream", has become one of the most iconic images of world art. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (today’s Oslo), Munch began to live the bohemian life, under the largely negative influence of the nihilist Hans Jæger, who did, however, urge him to paint his own emotional and psychological state (‘soul painting’). From
Love and Pain (painting) contacted the police. In 2008, at a Sotheby's auction, an 1894 version of the painting sold for 38.2 million dollars (24.3 million pounds) and set the world record for the auction of a Munch painting. In 1895, Munch created a woodcut with a very similar theme and composition, known as "Vampyr II". In 1916–18, Munch reused the composition in a different setting for two paintings called "Vampire in the Forest" and "Vampire", currently in the collection of the Munch Museum. Love and Pain (painting) Love and Pain is a painting by Edvard Munch, It has also been called Vampire, though