Icon Historien - Edvard Munch, public domain photograph

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Icon Historien - Edvard Munch, public domain photograph

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Historien is one of several paintings by Edvard Munch that can be seen on the walls inside the Hall of Ceremonies at the University of Oslo.
The paintings were made in the period 1909-1916, and the painter died in January 1944. The copyright has thus expired both in the USA and in Norway.

Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intense, evocative treatment of psychological and emotional themes was a major influence on the development of German Expressionism in the early 20th century. His painting "The Cry" (1893) is regarded as an icon of existential anguish.

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12/09/1916
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Painting on wall at the hall of ceremonies at the University of Oslo
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