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Artist a Day:  Edvard Munch 

Artist a day! EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944) Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is recognized for his iconic  Pre-Expressionist painting  "The Scream".

Oil pastel and tempera on cardboard,  91 x 73.5 cm, 1893

The Scream

Munch's Works

When he created "The Scream" in 1893, Munch was motivated by "a gust of melancholy," as he declared in his journal.  

Oil on canvas, 1892

Despair

Munch's Works

With this motivation and the artist's life trauma, the artwork takes on isolation and strange feelings.

Pastel on board, 60 x 80 cm, 1893

By the Deathbed

Munch's Works

The is a hidden message in this painting that goes: "Kan kun være malet af en gal Mand!" ("Can only have been painted by a madman!").  It is easy to miss it in the painting if you don't pay attention.

Oil on canvas, 94 x 74 cm, 1894

Anxiety

Munch's Works

The National Museum in Oslo verified that the artist himself wrote the note.

Oil on canvas, 120 x 118.5 cm, 1907

The Sick Child

Munch's Works

This famous painting is in the National Museum in Oslo, with other artworks collections of Edvard Munch.

Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 160 cm, 1893

Death in the Sickroom

Munch's Works

Edvard Munch's childhood was dominated by sickness, grief, and the fear of inheriting a mental state that ran in the artist's family.

Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm, 1893

Moonlight

Munch's Works

The artist coped with the struggle between his passion for women and his anxiety of dismissal throughout his life. 

Oil on canvas, 96 x 127 cm, 1896

Separation

Munch's Works

He considered marriage to be conflicting with his artistic dreams and continued as a single until his death in 1944  at the age of 80.

Oil on canvas, 120.5 x 141 cm, 1894

Ashes

Munch's Works

Edvard Munch was a world-famous artist, painter, and printmaker from Norway.

Oil on canvas, 99 x 81 cm, 1897

Kiss

Munch's Works

"For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.”  "In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color. ” 

Famous Quotes by  Edvard Munch

Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 115.5 cm, 1892

By the Roulette

Munch's Works

Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm, 1891

Street Lafayette

Munch's Works

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