Sue Prideaux is an art historian and the author of four novels.
"'Beautifully illustrated, this is one of the most engaging biographies I have read this year.' Mohara Gill, Art Buyer at Foyles Bookshop, The Bookseller '... a magisterial portrait of a deeply troubled man. It is both humorous and tragic in its account of Munch's abortive relationships with women, his dependence on drink, and his struggle for success and recognition.' Frances Spalding, The Sunday Times '... an absorbing account of the social and intellectual forces, as well as the personal demons, that Munch struggled against - or solicited - in order to create.' Alan Jenkins, Times Literary Supplement 'In Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Sue Prideaux, who speaks fluent Norwegian and was able to read Munch's diaries first hand, extends the understanding of this complex man.' Sue Hubbard, The Independent '... it is packed with information and event. Few biographies of artists can be described as gripping. This often is.' Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph"
"'Beautifully illustrated, this is one of the most engaging biographies I have read this year.' Mohara Gill, Art Buyer at Foyles Bookshop, The Bookseller '... a magisterial portrait of a deeply troubled man. It is both humorous and tragic in its account of Munch's abortive relationships with women, his dependence on drink, and his struggle for success and recognition.' Frances Spalding, The Sunday Times '... an absorbing account of the social and intellectual forces, as well as the personal demons, that Munch struggled against - or solicited - in order to create.' Alan Jenkins, Times Literary Supplement 'In Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Sue Prideaux, who speaks fluent Norwegian and was able to read Munch's diaries first hand, extends the understanding of this complex man.' Sue Hubbard, The Independent '... it is packed with information and event. Few biographies of artists can be described as gripping. This often is.' Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph"
Most famous for his painting The Scream, an iconic expression of anxiety and a reflection of his inner torment, Edvard Munch strove to paint his "soul's diary," a quest Prideaux chronicles incisively in this fascinating study. The first comprehensive English-language biography of Munch (1863-1944) presents an in-depth artistic, intellectual and psychological portrait of the Norwegian artist. A novelist and art historian, Prideaux (Magnetic North) enlivens her narrative with excerpts from Munch's diaries, effectively tracing the roots of his mental suffering: his father's religious fanaticism, the death of his mother and favorite sister, the insanity of another sister and the fear that he would go mad himself. Prideaux also charts Munch's intellectual influences, his immersion in Nietzsche and Dostoyevski and his involvement with a group of radical Norwegian intellectuals, including Hans Jaeger (a founding father of existentialism), and his later notable association with playwright and painter August Strindberg. Munch's angst-ridden paintings, imbued with fears of sex, illness and death, shocked the conservative Norwegian public, but found a receptive audience in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, where the study of mental disorders was coming into vogue. This penetrating account of his life sheds light on the inner demons that drove him to create these disturbing images. (Oct) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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