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I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

Edvard Munch

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Edvard Munch
Age: 80 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
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Drawer
Graphic Artist
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Printmaker
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