Arts
Munch Artwork to Be Sold by Bankrupt Norwegian Shipping Heir
- Petter Olsen to sell pieces including painter’s self portraits
- Munch’s most famous work, The Scream, isn’t part of collection
One of Norway’s largest collections of Edvard Munch paintings is up for sale after shipping heir and art enthusiast Petter Olsen was declared bankrupt.
The collection, which Olsen has previously called “the biggest private Munch collection in Norway,” includes several self portraits of the nation’s most well-known painter.