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Edvard Munch (/ m ʊ ŋ k / MUUNK, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmʊŋk] ⓘ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
Explore the life and works of Edvard Munch, a Norwegian expressionist painter who captured his personal tragedies and psychological idiosyncrasies in his symbolic art. See his famous paintings, such as The Scream, and learn about his style, genre, and period.
- Norwegian
- December 12, 1863
Learn about Edvard Munch, a Norwegian painter and printmaker who expressed his anxiety, sexuality, and spirituality through Expressionism and Symbolism. Explore his famous paintings such as The Scream, The Sick Child, and Night in St. Cloud.
- Norwegian
- December 12, 1863
- Loten, Norway
- January 23, 1944
At the heart of Munch’s achievement is his series of paintings on love and death. Its original nucleus was formed by six pictures exhibited in 1893, and the series had grown to 22 works by the time it was first exhibited under the title Frieze of Life at the Berlin Secession in 1902.
Learn about Munch's iconic painting of a man screaming in a landscape, inspired by his own experience of a frightening sound. Explore the different versions, styles, meanings and thefts of The Scream, the Mona Lisa of modern art.
The 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.
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Learn about the Norwegian artist who painted The Scream and other iconic images of personal and universal anguish. Explore his paintings, prints, and the Frieze of Life series that depict the course of romantic love.
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