Munch Late in Life: Munch Late in Life In 1908, he suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of excessive drinking and fighting. He eventually recovered and moved back to Norway, continuing to paint until his death in 1944. In 1940, the Germans invaded Norway and the Nazi party took over the government. Munch was seventy-six years old. With nearly an entire collection of his art in the second floor of his house, Munch lived in fear of a Nazi confiscation. Seventy-one of the paintings previously taken by the Nazis had found their way back to Norway through purchase by collectors (the other eleven were never recovered), including The Scream and The Sick Child, and they too were hidden from the Nazis. Munch died at his country home on January 23, 1944, about a month after his 80th birthday.
His Nazi orchestrated funeral left the impression with Norwegians that he was a Nazi sympathizer.
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