Table of Contents

Introduction: Munch as printmaker – Berlin 1894-5 Munch’s first prints – The first larger prints: lithographs, Berlin and Paris 1896-1902 – The Woodcuts 1896-1902 – A pan-European reputation – The Freize of Life: Munch’s thematic groupings – Tailpiece: prints after 1902 – Chronology – Checklist of Works – Technical Glossary – Selected bibliography

Promotional Information

Munch was Norway's greatest artist and one of the founders of the Expressionist movement. This book accompanies an exhibition of Munch's greatest prints at the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, selected from the unrivalled holdings of the Munch Museum, Oslo.

About the Author

Art historian Magne Bruteig was educated at the University of Oslo. He is senior curator of prints and drawings at the Munch Museum, and author of 'Munch Drawings' (2004). He also contributed to the seminal exhibition Much Becoming Munch (2009). Peter Black is curator of prints at the Hunterian Art Gallery. He studied at Oxford and has written widely on prints and drawings. His publications include 'The Prints of Stanley William Hayter: A Complete Catalogue' (1992), and he has curated numerous print exhibitions, ranging from Parmigianino (2008) to Whistler and Nineteenth-century Printmaking (2003).