The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
WEBThe Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch. Munch's The Scream is an icon of modern art, the Mona Lisa for our time. As Leonardo da Vinci evoked a Renaissance ideal of serenity and self-control, Munch defined how we see our own age - …
Edvard Munch Quotes
WEBEdvard Munch Quotes. In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color. - Edvard Munch. By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this …
Vampire, 1893 by Edvard Munch
WEBVampire, 1893 by Edvard Munch. The truth is, Munch did not title this painting "Vampire." He called it "Love and Pain" and it was only later that it picked up the name and interpretation of a man locked in a vampire's embrace.
The Sick Child, 1885 by Edvard Munch
WEBThe Sick Child, 1885 by Edvard Munch. The Sick Child (Norwegian: Det Syke Barn) records a moment before the death of his older sister Johanne Sophie (1862 - 1877) from tuberculosis at 15. Munch returned to this deeply traumatic event again and again in his art, over six completed oil paintings and many studies in various media, over a period of ...
Man in a Cabbage Field, 1916 by Edvard Munch
WEBMan in a Cabbage Field, 1916 by Edvard Munch. As with many of the works Munch produced following the completion of the University mural, the full-frontal impact of the design is paramount in this painting. The triangular shape of the cabbage-gatherer, holding bundles of greenery in his arms, breaks through the horizon, his posture suggesting ...
Ashes, 1894 by Edvard Munch
WEBAshes, 1894 by Edvard Munch. For sheer beauty this work ranks high in Munch's oeuvre. As a static tableau of the mind, it shows the influence of the French synthetist painters. But its looser contours, sometimes doubled, rich somber colors, and lack of primitivist stylization give it a life and atmosphere rarely found in their work.
Encounter in Space, 1898 by Edvard Munch
WEBEncounter in Space, 1898 by Edvard Munch. Two people - a woman and a man - float toward one another in apparent weightlessness against a dark background. Contours of sperm cells surround the couple. The erotic tension is the dominant element of this motif.
White Night, 1901 by Edvard Munch
WEBWhite Night, 1901 by Edvard Munch. While staying at Oslo, Munch painted a number of landscapes of which this is a typical example. Though employed to very different effect, the style resembles the flat, flowing oeuvre simplification of Dance on the Shore.
Separation, 1896 by Edvard Munch
WEBSeparation, 1896 by Edvard Munch. Over and over again in his pictures of the middle 1890s Munch used variations of the same images - the column of light on the sea, the blonde giri on the beach, the lustful woman in red, the older woman in black, the unhappy man, etc - juggling them in various combinations to symbolize different human ...
The Storm, 1893 by Edvard Munch
WEBHere Munch combines several different themes he used in other pictures of the 1890s, producing an enigmatic result. Firstly, the hands placed over the ears, as in The Scream, probably expresses some sort of fear. Secondly, the lonely individual, the woman in white, separates herself from the crowd.