H. E. Willhelm Morgenstierne, Ambassador to the U.S., will deliver the keynote address opening the first American exhibition of the works of the Norwegian painter, Edvard Munch, in Fogg Museum at 4 p.m. today.
Also scheduled to speak are Rolf Stranger, Chairman of the Board, Municipal Collections of Osle, and Johan Langaard, Director of the Collections, who travelled from Norway for the occasion.
Munch is Pioneer
Before their talks, the visitors will be entertained by David M. Little '17, Secretary to the University, at a luncheon in Eliot House. John P. Coolidge '35, Director of Fogg Museum, described Munch as a pioneer in the modern movement who particularly influenced the German expressionists. His effect on contemporary art is comparable to that of Ibsen and Strindberg on the stage. Munch died in 1944.
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