Munch

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Munch
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Steffen Kverneland
SeriesArt Masters
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 258
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Expressionism
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9781910593127
ClassificationsDewey:759.81
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher SelfMadeHero
Imprint SelfMadeHero
Publication Date 7 April 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In Munch, writer and artist Steffen Kverneland brings the story of one of the world's most influential painters to vivid life. This extraordinary, inventive graphic novel uses text drawn exclusively from the quotes of Edvard Munch and his contemporaries. Filled with authenticity and life, Munch debunks the familiar myth of the half-mad expressionist painter - anguished, starving, and ill-treated - and draws out his neglected sense of humor and optimism. Born out of a lifelong fascination with Munch's life and work, Kverneland's seven-year project is a landmark of graphic biography and the funniest, most entertaining portrait yet of a complex man and the pioneering artist behind The Scream.

Author Biography

Steffen Kverneland is an award-winning comics artist. He is the author of biographies of Henrik Ibsen and Olaf Gulbransson, among many other books. He lives in Norway.