edvard munch

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…obsessed like behavior he displayed towards them. This kind of behavior and his lack of relationships with woman would add to the anxiety Munch felt towards woman. As a result, when he entered his forties he suffered a nervous breakdown. Edvard Munch viewed his childhood as unjust. These experiences in childhood preoccupied Munch throughout his life and can be detected when viewing his work, especially in his earlier works where the focus surrounds family tragedies.