Sue Prideaux on Edvard Munch, 2nd of 5 [15min]

Munch gains his first major recognition after an exhibition in Berlin sends the German traditionalists wild with fury. He begins work on his first major series of paintings that will culminate in The Scream. Sue Prideaux's Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream (Yale University Press) -- here abridged by dramatist Polly Coles and read by actor Louis Hillyer -- is the first full biography of Munch written in English.