Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His best-known work, The Scream (1893), has become an iconic image of the art world. Munch's art was highly personalized and he did little teaching. His "private" symbolism was far more personal than that of other Symbolist painters. Munch was still highly influential, particularly with the German Expressionists, who followed his philosophy, "I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of Man's urge to open his heart." Many of his paintings, including The Scream, have universal appeal in addition to their highly personal meaning.

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