To Edvard Munch, they were his children. And like any doting father, he hated the idea of them straying too far from home.
Now, more than 26,000 artworks from the master expressionist's "family" - including his best known piece, The Scream - have moved under one roof in the enormous and custom-built MUNCH museum on the shore of Oslo Fjord.
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People pass by the painting 'The Scream' by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in the new Munch museum in Oslo. Photo: AFP
The new MUNCH museum opened to the public smack dab in the heart of Oslo on Oct 22. Photo: Reuters
Munch Museum Director Stein Olav Henrichsen, looks on at the new museum dedicated to the art of Norwegian modernist painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Photo: Reuters
Books in the shop at the new museum dedicated to the art of Norwegian modernist painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), whose most famous work was 'The Scream' in Oslo, Norway. Photo: Reuters
An artwork by British artist Tracey Emin is pictured during a launch event at the new Munch museum in Oslo. Photo: AFP
A self portrait of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch hangs at the new Munch museum in Oslo. Photo: AFP
Half a million visitors are expected each year at the Munch museum - with the museum hoping for more than a million - to view the 200 works on permanent display across 4,500sq metres. Photo: AFP
The enormous new Munch museum is housed in a specially-designed tower that is luxuriously spacious and modern - and which has already sparked controversy. Photo: AFP
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