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Edvard Munch was born in Löton, Norway
Edvard Munch was born on December 12, 1863, in Löton, Norway -
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Biography of Edvard Munch
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Munch moved with his family to the city of Oslo
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his mother died of tuberculosis
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His sister Sophie also died of tuberculosis
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His one brother died of pneumonia
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Munch began attending a technical college to study engineering but left just a year later when his interest in art overtook his interest in engineering.
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He enrolled at the Royal School of Art and Design.
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He rented a studio with six other artists and entered his first show, at the Industries and Art Exhibition.
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His father died
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He lived mainly in France, funded by state scholarships, experiencing the most p+roductive, and troubled, period of his artistic life.
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The Scream painted
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He nearly died of influenza
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Edvard Munch died
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Munch's The Scream sold for more than $119 million at Sotheby's in New York
