Edvard Munch, the painter of the classic Expressionist painting, ‘The Scream’, was born in Adalsbruk, Norway, on 12 December 1863.

To mark the 150th anniversary of Munch’s birth, included below are two newspaper stories that report on how his paintings were received in the UK in the early 1930s, two book reviews about Munch from 1950, and also a brief mention of his work that appeared in a newspaper in 1897.

Oh, we also noticed that a Norwegian steamer was named after Edvard Munch – perhaps he is the only artist to have a ship named after him (well, that’s presuming unless he was named after the ship, of course, and not vice-versa). We do feel that this is a terrific naming convention that really should be much more widely used.

Dundee Courier – Saturday 28 November 1931

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Aberdeen Journal – Saturday 28 November 1931

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Derby Daily Telegraph – Thursday 12 October 1950

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Aberdeen Journal – Saturday 18 November 1950

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Glasgow Herald – Tuesday 08 June 1897

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Dundee Courier – Wednesday 16 November 1921

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