Edvard Munch such as the appearance of Munch's "The Scream" in a 2006 M&M's advertising campaign. The U.S. copyright representative for the Munch Museum and the Estate of Edvard Munch is the Artists Rights Society. Munch's art was highly personalized and he did little teaching. His "private" symbolism was far more personal than that of other Symbolist painters such as Gustave Moreau and James Ensor. Munch was still highly influential, particularly with the German Expressionists, who followed his philosophy, "I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of Man's urge to open his heart." Many of his
Munch Museum In May 2013, the Oslo City Council finally took the decision to revive the project, and move the museum to its new site on the waterfront, next to the Oslo Opera House. Construction started during September 2015, with the new museum expected to be completed during 2019 and scheduled to open to the public by 2020. Munch Museum Munch Museum () is an art museum in Oslo, Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Munch Museum is situated at Tøyen in the Oslo borough of Gamle Oslo. Construction of the museum was financed from