The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch

The Scream is a composition created by Edvard Munch in 1893.  Munch recalled that he had been out for a walk at sunset when suddenly the setting sun's light turned the clouds "a blood red". Some scholars believe that Munch was describing a terrifying emotional experience that would today be called a panic attack.

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Munch was born in December 12, 1863 into a middle-class family in Norway and he died in 1944. His life was difficult. His mother died when he was five, his eldest sister when he was 14, both of tuberculosis. Munch’s father and brother also died when he was still young, and another sister developed mental illness.

Questions:

1.Where is the painting? 

2.What feelings do it represent? 

3.How many versions of the Scream are there?

4.What  art movement does The Scream belong to?

 

Answers:

1.In the National Museum in Oslo (Norway)

2.Anxiety and fear

3.There are 4 versions two tempera paintings and two drawings.

4.Expressionism and Symbolist movement