Edvard Munch: Beyond 'The Scream'

Enjoyed the Edvard Munch exhibition at Tate Modern? Why not travel to Norway to discover the places that inspired him, and see more of his works.

Munch Museum
Located in Tøyen, east Oslo, the Munch Museum houses the most comprehensive collection of works by Edvard Munch in the world. An absolute must for anyone interested in his work, and the first stop on this itinerary. The museum offers free guided tours in English in summer (July-August) daily at 1 pm.

National Gallery
The National Gallery in central Oslo is one of Norway's largest art galleries, and home to several of Munch's famous paintings, including one version of The Scream, plus Madonna and The Sick Child, among many others.

Ekeberg
The Scream, Munch's most famous painting, shows a distressed figure, mouth open and hands covering its ears, against a red sky. In the background is the Oslofjord, seen from the Ekeberg hill just south of Oslo. Tram no. 18 or 19 towards Holtet, or bus no. 34, alight at Ekeberg Hageby.

Åsgårdstrand
Edvard Munch spent many a summer in Åsgårdstrand, a little coastal town on the western side of the Oslofjord, where he bought a small fishing cabin in 1898. He found numerous motifs for his paintings here, among them The Dance of Life, Girls on a Bridge and Melancholy. In 1944, the municipality of Horten bought Edvard Munch's estate, which opened as a museum in 1947.

Ekely
Munch lived and worked for 28 years at Ekely in west Oslo until his death at the age of 80, on 23 January 1944. Today only his winter studio remains - it is rented out to artists, with occasional exhibitions.

Fredrikstad
Edvard Munch was very close to his mother, Laura Cathrine Bjølstad, and her early death was to have a major impact on his life, his personality and not least his art. Munch's mother originally came from Fredrikstad, some 100 kilometres south of Oslo, where she was born in 1837.

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