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Munch, Edvard - The Sick Child
Identifier
010513
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Munch's sister died of tuberculosis when he was 14, and Munch painted picture after picture – all reworkings of the scene as he tried to come to terms with the loss: they show his sister propped up in bed, their aunt's head bowed in grief, the two figures almost drowning amid heavy, green furnishings. Munch worked on variations of the Sick Child for more than 40 years.
A description of the experience
