An historic figure in modern art, little known in the U.S., died last week in Oslo, in his native Norway. Eighty-one-year-old Edvard Munch (pronounced Moohnk) was the founder of the Expressionist ...

The notion of expressionism in the group’s name refers ... They also moved away from the decorative nature of the art of Young Poland. They aimed to create a Polish national style, based on a new ...