Scream (1893)

Date: 1893
Medium: pastel
Location: Munchovo muzeum, Oslo

Munch's The Scream exists in several versions - an oil and tempera from 1893 (which is this version), a tempera from 1910 , and two pastels, also from 1893 and 1895 . The Scream is Munch's most famous painting. Munch used simple colors and simplified forms. The main character is reduced to a face that shows emotional crisis and psychological suffering. When painting The Scream, Munch aimed to "paint a study of the human soul, which means a study of my self." Munch, out for a walk with friends, witnessed the sunset, which bathed the sky in a bloody color, spreading over the black waters of the fjord. Munchem was literally shaken by this sight - "I heard the mighty and endless cry of nature... After that I gave up all hope of loving again".

Munch painted picture Scream (1893) in 1893. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Munchovo muzeum, Oslo. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) Norwegian painter, graphic designer and influential representative of modern art. He grew out of the spiritual atmosphere of Art Nouveau and his paintings have some characteristics of this style. He studied at the drawing school in Oslo, where he was influenced by naturalism, French Impressionists, Postimpressionists, (particularly Gauguin and Seurat). His work tends towards impressionism and symbolism and became the basis for expressionism. Through the Berlin exhibition in 1892, he significantly influenced the expressionist group Die Brücke and contributed to the creation of the Berlin Secession. In the Czech Republic, he became known after the exhibition in 1905, which inspired the art group Osma. Among his most famous paintings are, in particular, The Scream and Madonna. His paintings are characterized by the simplification of forms and attention to detail. Munch places emphasis on capturing mental states and emotions. Initially, his work lacked a warm reception as the images were labelled as violent, strange and distant to the general audience. After breaking up with lover Tully Larsen in 1906, his neurosis and depression deepened. The last years of his life were spent in the Norwegian countryside, and after the occupation of Norway by the Germans, he lived in fear in his house with his entire collection of paintings. His paintings significantly influenced expressionism and became representative of this style.