Fear, desperation, and death: Painting as an act of self-liberation and t and t and t and t and t and tFor Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painting was an act of self-liberation. His treatments of fear, desperation, and death still exert a powerful visual and psychological effect on modern viewers. Of all Munch's paintings, and "The Scream and " (1893), representing a figure tortured by horror, is the most well-known-and certainly one of the most expressive. and t and t and t and tThe artist reflected his innermost feelings in his work: and "In reality, my art is a free confession, an attempt to clarify to myself my own relation to life... and " Although Edvard Munch cannot be clearly identified with any single movement, he is deemed a pioneer of Expressionism. and t and t and t and t and t and t About the Series: and t and tEach book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: