27.03.2012:
During the 1880s, Edvard Munch painted a number of portraits of his family members. His father and brother were both obviously complacent models. Of his brother, who later became a doctor, eight portraits exist. Five of them are privately owned, and have been traded on the private art market in recent years. Peter Andreas Munch (1 July 1865 – 15 December 1895) was the third child of Laura (1837 – 1868) and Christian Munch (1817 – 1889). The couple had five children over a short period, two boys and three girls: Johanne Sophie (born 1862), Edvard (born 1863), Peter Andreas (born 1865), Laura...