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Jan 2024
10m 51s

Edvard Munch | The Scream

KYLE WOOD
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As a young adult, Edvard Munch studied art. He was influenced early on by the Impressionists, but he really came into his own when he began using painting as a way of expressing his inner struggles. He is best known today for his expressionistic works like The Scream. Interestingly The Scream is not about a person screaming. The tormented figure in the paint ... Show More
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