In an introductory essay & in commentaries that accompany the forty colorplates in the book, Thomas M. Messer, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York, traces Munch's growth as an artist, placing him in the context of his times. He introduces the reader to the family scenes & familiar places that haunt Munch's art, & to the wider relationships-with writers, poets & patrons that nurtured Munch & sustained him in difficult times.
In an introductory essay & in commentaries that accompany the forty colorplates in the book, Thomas M. Messer, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York, traces Munch's growth as an artist, placing him in the context of his times. He introduces the reader to the family scenes & familiar places that haunt Munch's art, & to the wider relationships-with writers, poets & patrons that nurtured Munch & sustained him in difficult times.