Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter whose work explored psychological themes of anxiety, illness, and death.
His 1893 painting *The Scream*—a figure with hands raised to an agonized face against a swirling orange sky—became one of the most recognized images in Western art and a universal symbol of existential dread: That photo of me on Monday morning is giving Munch.
Representing concepts through images
- distortionTwisting from original state
- emotionComplex psychological state
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- psychologicalOf the mind
angst · inner turmoil · vivid · gestural · modernism · avant-garde · primitivism · chromatic
Norway's chief city
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
- NordicOf northern Europe
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
Cessation of life
- loveIntense fond attachment
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
melancholy · loneliness · sexuality · mortality · loss · childhood trauma · tuberculosis · mental illness
Expressionist image of dread
- despairTotal absence of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- existentialRelating to existence itself
fear · isolation · alienation · trauma · psychological · terror · distress · agony
Heavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- portraitureArt of depicting people
landscape · self-portrait · lithograph · woodcut · printmaking · etching · oil painting · frieze
symbolism
Representing concepts through images
- distortionTwisting from original state
- emotionComplex psychological state
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
psychological · angst · inner turmoil · vivid · gestural · modernism · avant-garde · primitivism · chromatic · raw
Oslo
Norway's chief city
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
- NordicOf northern Europe
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
fjord · Henrik Ibsen · Grieg · National Gallery · fin-de-siècle
death
Cessation of life
jealousy · melancholy · loneliness · sexuality · mortality · loss · childhood trauma · tuberculosis · mental illness · feminine
The Scream
Expressionist image of dread
existential · fear · isolation · alienation · trauma · psychological · terror · distress · agony · torment
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
portraiture · landscape · self-portrait · lithograph · woodcut · printmaking · etching · oil painting · frieze · exhibition
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
- ExpressionismThe Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts, Kandinsky
- Nordic ArtsViking art, Nordic design, wood carving, sagas, Henrik Ibsen
Edvard MunchNorman Rockwell
Claude Monet · Henri Matisse · Grandma Moses · Bob Ross · photorealism