Edvard Munch

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Fan account of Edvard Munch, a Norwegian painter and printmaker.

The Ladies on the Bridge
Winter, Kragero
Self portrait
Kaksi puuta
Christen Sandberg
The William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A.J. Hall Collection
Train smoke
Jens Thiis
Ludvig Karsten
The William B. and Evelyn A. Jaffe Collection
Edvard Munch’s life and art — particularly his iconic work The Scream (1893; National Museum, Oslo) — have come to epitomize modern notions of anxiety. Yet the same year he painted his radical image, Munch was experimenting with other styles and themes. Frequent visits to Paris and Berlin between 1889 and 1893 brought the Norwegian artist into direct contact with the Impressionists and Symbolists. These travels encouraged him to adopt their bold brushwork, daring compositions, and imagery. But he nonetheless continued to incorporate the Romantic subjects of the northern European artists long familiar to him, such as a lone figure at an open window. This combination is powerfully manifested in The Girl by the Window, made soon after his return home to Norway. In the dead of night, a young girl in her nightgown stands in a darkened room gazing out at the city. The steep angle of the floor and the deep shadows that obliterate everything in the room, save a suggestion of a piece of furniture at the lower right, create an unsettling and enigmatic scene. Loosely applied, somber brown tones mingle with violets and blues, evoking a feeling of melancholy and anticipation. The window functions as a symbolic barrier, separating the interior from the outside world. The sense of mystery is deepened and complicated by the fact that we cannot see the expression on the girl’s face, nor do we know what she covertly observes. She in turn appears unaware that, as she gazes from behind the curtain at something unknown outside, the artist and implied viewer are watching her. Searle Family Trust and Goldabelle McComb Finn endowments; Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection
By the Deathbed (Fever)
Lübeck Harbour with the Holstentor
The Murderess
Tavern in St. Cloud
Albert Kollmann
Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette
Friedrich Nietzsche
Given anonymously
Rose and Amélie
Evening on Karl Johan Street
Purchase
Self-portrait with bottle of wine
Writer Hans Jaeger
Moonlight
Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
At the Coffee Table
Red Creeper
The Wave
Jealousy
The Mystery of a Summer Night
Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Galloping horse
Street Lafayette
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Model on the Couch
Norwegian Landscape (Norwegische Landschaft)
The Sick Child (later)
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Landscape. Maridalen by Oslo
Building the Winter Studio. Ekely
Spring Plowing
Ashes II
The Day After
Women on the Bridge
Vampire
Purchase
Melancholy
History
Self-Portrait with Hand under Cheek
Two Women on the Shore ; Women on the Beach
Portrait of a Girl (Daughter of Bruno Cassirer) (Mädchenbildnis [Tochter Br. C.])
The Four Sons of Dr. Linde
The William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A.J. Hall Collection