Edvard Munch (/mʊŋk/ ; [ˈɛdvɑʈ muŋk]. ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century.dvard Munch was born in a farmhouse in the village of Ådalsbruk ådalsbruk In, Loeten, løten Norway To Laura catherine Bjoelstad Bjølstad, and christian munch the son. of a priest