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1. Possibly the earliest 'Expressionist' painter, Edvard Munch was a tortured figure in the world of painting. In which European country was this world-changing artist born in 1863?
2. Munch suffered through a number of unhappy and tragic events in his early life, and this becomes evident when viewing his works. When he was only five years old, his mother expired at only 30 years of age. How did her early death come about?
3. Edvard faced tragedy again in 1877, when he was only fourteen years old. His elder sister passed away this time, prompting one of his earliest works, a painting commemorating his beloved sister's death in 1885. What was the title of this very early work?
4. In 1892, Munch's first major 'break' came ironically amidst scandal. His work was at the center of a controversial show at the Kunstlerverein in which German city that year?
5. During the early 1890s Munch began a series of works that he entitled 'The Frieze of Life'. The most famous work of this series, and perhaps the most recognizable Munch painting of all, came from this series. It depicts an individual upon a bridge, mouth agape, hands clasped at either side of the head. What is the title of this well-known work?
6. In 1893, a bizarre incident occurred in Edvard's life. A violent end came to a short and strange affair he had had with a rich, young woman. In the violent fracas ending the affair, Munch received a gunshot wound on which part of his body?
7. In the late 1890s Munch lived for a spell in Paris. There he became part of the circle surrounding poet Stéphane Mallarmé. With which movement of poetry and painting was Mallarmé a member?
8. Munch's international fame grew by leaps and bounds during the early years of the 20th century, he exhibited throughout the world during these years and was even knighted in his home country. However, his personal sufferings continued, and he became a serious alcoholic. His unhappiness and alcoholism culminated in 1908 with which of these occurrences?
9. True or false: Much later in his life, while many artists and writers shunned the growing influence of fascism and Nazism in Europe, Munch embraced it.
10. True of false: Though most of the people in his family died very young, Munch lived to a ripe old age, dying soon after his 80th birthday.
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