Edvard Munch (1863-1944), marked very early by illness and death among those close to him, frequented Paris as an adult and adopted Realism (1885). During a second stay there he turned to the Impressionists and Symbolists (1889), before settling in Berlin (1892), fascinated by Strindberg and Nietzshe's followers and their fascination with death; this is also when he discovered the new Expressionist movement. He made a last trip to Paris (1896) before returning to Oslo (1908-09).