Born: December 12, 1863, Løten, Norway

Died: January 23, 1944, Oslo, Norway

Notable work: The Scream (1893)

Art movement: Symbolism, Expressionism

Major collection: MUNCH Museum, Oslo

EDWARD MUNCH

Munch’s own deeply original style crystallized about 1892. The flowing, tortuous use of line in his new paintings was similar to that of contemporary Art Nouveau, but Munch used line not as decoration but as a vehicle for profound psychological revelation.

Wassily Kandinsky

Born: December 4 (December 16, New Style), 1866, Moscow, Russia

Died: December 13, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Major groups: Der Blaue Reiter, Bauhaus

Notable works: Composition VII (1913), Improvisation 28 (1912), Yellow-Red-Blue (1925)

Marcel Duchamp

Full name: Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp

Born: July 28, 1887, Blainville-Crevon, France

Died: October 2, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Nationality: French-born, naturalized American (1955)

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