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
Jappe Nilssen the painting "The Physician Lucien Dedichen and Jappe Nilssen" in 1925–1926. Both paintings are owned by the Oslo Municipal Art Collection. A drawing by Munch shows Nilssen together with Henrik Ibsen at the Grand Cafe. The painter Ludvig Karsten also created a portrait of Nilssen in 1915. In 1891, Nilssen is said to have had an affair with Oda Krohg, who was ten years older than him and married to Christian Krohg. Edvard Munch wrote about this unhappy love affair, and it also provided the background for his 1891 painting "Melancholy". Nilssen's first novel, "Nemesis", describes the young writer Nils