Similarities between edvard munch and vincent van gogh

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Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh are pioneers in the story of modern painting. After a hugely successful run in Oslo, an exhibition showcasing the striking parallels between the two artists arrives at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum. These juxtapositions jolt you out of your comfort zone. When Van Gogh painted this picture, he only had two years to live.

When Munch painted his, Van Gogh was already dead. Munch was born in , ten years after Van Gogh, but both men started painting in The biggest difference between them was that Van Gogh died aged just 37, while Munch lived until , and the grand old age of Yet despite their different fates, their formative years ran in tandem. They were both in Paris at the same time, but their paths never crossed.

This is the story of a friendship which should have been, but never was. Yet Munch and Van Gogh took these influences off in an entirely new direction.