EdvardEdvard MunchMunch

•• 18631863--19441944•• AdalsbrukAdalsbruk, , NormayNormay•• ExpressionismExpressionism•• Haunting images that probe psychological Haunting images that probe psychological

themes such as love and deaththemes such as love and death

EdvardEdvard MunchMunch

•• His bestHis best--known composition, known composition, The ScreamThe Scream (1893 (1893 and 1910)and 1910) is one of the pieces in a series titled is one of the pieces in a series titled The Frieze of LifeThe Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the , in which Munch explored the themes of themes of lifelife, , lovelove, , fearfear, , deathdeath, and , and melancholymelancholy. . As with many of his works, he painted several As with many of his works, he painted several versions of it. Similar paintings include versions of it. Similar paintings include DespairDespair and and AnxietyAnxiety..

•• The Frieze of LifeThe Frieze of Life themes recur throughout themes recur throughout Munch's work, in paintings such as Munch's work, in paintings such as The Sick The Sick ChildChild (1885), (1885), Love and PainLove and Pain (1893(1893--94), 94), AshesAshes (1894), and (1894), and The BridgeThe Bridge. .

Self portrait, 1895Self portrait, 1895

The scream, 1893The scream, 1893

InspirationInspiration

•• In a page in his diary headed In a page in his diary headed Nice 22.01.1892Nice 22.01.1892, , Munch described his inspiration for the image Munch described his inspiration for the image thus:thus:

•• I was walking along a path with two friendsI was walking along a path with two friends—— the sun was settingthe sun was setting——suddenly the sky turned suddenly the sky turned blood redblood red——I paused, feeling exhausted, and I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fenceleaned on the fence——there was blood and there was blood and tongues of fire above the bluetongues of fire above the blue--black fjord and black fjord and the citythe city——my friends walked on, and I stood my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxietythere trembling with anxiety——and I sensed an and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.infinite scream passing through nature.

Theft of Theft of ““The ScreamThe Scream””

•• On Sunday, On Sunday, 22 August22 August 20042004, two paintings by , two paintings by Munch, Munch, The ScreamThe Scream and and MadonnaMadonna, were stolen , were stolen from the Munch Museum by masked men from the Munch Museum by masked men wielding wielding firearmsfirearms. The . The robbersrobbers forced the forced the museum guards to lie down on the floor while museum guards to lie down on the floor while they snapped the cable securing the paintings to they snapped the cable securing the paintings to the wall and escaped in a black the wall and escaped in a black Audi A6Audi A6 station station wagon, which police later found abandoned. The wagon, which police later found abandoned. The paintings were recovered by Oslo Police on paintings were recovered by Oslo Police on August 31August 31, , 20062006

Ashes, 1894Ashes, 1894

Madonna, 1894Madonna, 1894--55

The sick child, 1907The sick child, 1907

Ocular problemOcular problem

•• His left eye is weak with nature unknownHis left eye is weak with nature unknown•• May 1930 when he at the age of 67 he May 1930 when he at the age of 67 he

suffered an intraocular hemorrhage in the suffered an intraocular hemorrhage in the right eye, nature unknownright eye, nature unknown

Impact on his paintingImpact on his painting

•• Floater transformed to bird, death head Floater transformed to bird, death head imagesimages

•• Fearful of both Fearful of both blindnessblindness and deathand death

Munch, watercolor, 1930Munch, watercolor, 1930

Munch, Drawing, 1930Munch, Drawing, 1930

Munch, Drawing, 1930Munch, Drawing, 1930

Watercolor and pastel, 1930. SelfWatercolor and pastel, 1930. Self--portrait in bed, portrait in bed, checking his right eye vision, death head over footchecking his right eye vision, death head over foot

Watercolor and pencil, 1930, circular shadow and Watercolor and pencil, 1930, circular shadow and bird become a part of the skybird become a part of the sky

MunchMunch’’s room, with himself standing with his hands pressed to his faces room, with himself standing with his hands pressed to his face similar to that of the famous similar to that of the famous screamscream looking toward the dark shadow birdlooking toward the dark shadow bird