What was the business of the painter Edvard Munch's home and studio, Ekely, before he acquired it in 1916?

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Plant nursery
Munch's works at Ekely in Norway reflect and are inspired by the surroundings, their lushness, seasonal changes, and how man and his surroundings characterise each other and are equal parts of a larger whole. He lived and painted there for thirty years until he died in 1944.