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WEBThe Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch.
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 - …
The Scream (painting by Edvard Munch) | Description & Facts
WEBSep 14, 2024 · The Scream is one of the most familiar images in modern art and a canonical piece in the art nouveau style. It stemmed from a panic attack that Munch suffered in 1892, which he recounted artistically in …
10 things you may not know about The Scream | British Museum
WEBMar 5, 2019 · Discover more about the fascinating story behind The Scream, and maybe a few things you didn't know... 1. There is more than one version of The Scream. Pastel version of The Scream on display in the Munch Museum in Olso. Edvard Munch, The Scream. Pastel on paper, 1893. CC BY 4 The Munch Museum.
The Scream, 1893 - Edvard Munch - WikiArt.org
WEBThe Scream was first exhibited at Munch’s solo exhibition in Berlin in 1893. It was a central element in “The Frieze of Life”, and has been the theme of probing analysis and many suggested interpretations. The painting also exists in a later version, which is in the possession of the Munch Museum.
What is the meaning of The Scream? - BBC
WEBThe Scream was the ancestor of Francis Bacon’s pictures of howling popes. In 1984, Andy Warhol made a series of screen-prints that recast The Scream in bright, eye-popping colours.
Smarthistory – Edvard Munch, The Scream
WEBSecond only to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream may be the most iconic human figure in the history of Western art.
Edvard Munch and "The Scream" in the National Museum
WEBThe Scream. Painted in 1893, Munch’s iconic Scream was donated to the National Gallery in 1910. In terms of its fame, this painting now rivals works such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503) and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888).
Edvard Munch | The Scream | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBMunch's art represented his own emotions, mostly the darker ones of fear, dread, loneliness, and sexual longing, with extraordinary expressiveness. The screaming figure personifies existential horror. A precursor of this image is a drawing of a man (Munch himself) on a similar bridge, with a blood-red sky above.
5 things you should know about The Scream - Munchmuseet
WEBApr 16, 2020 · 1. There are several versions of The Scream. Munch’s most famous motif apparently started with a walk he took with two friends around sunset. The colourful spectacle provoked a strong reaction in Munch, while his friends remained indifferent.
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