Edvard Munch

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Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
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We want more than a mere photograph of nature. We
do not want to paint pretty pictures to be hung
on drawing-room walls. We want to create, or at
least lay the foundations of, an art that gives
something to humanity. An art that arrests and
engages. An art created of one's innermost
heart." (E.M.)
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My father was temperamentally nervous and
obsessively religiousto the point of
psychoneurosis. From him I inherited the seeds of
madness. The angles of fear, sorrow, and death
stood by my side since the day I was born.
Christian reprimanded his children by telling
them that their mother was looking down from
heaven and grieving over their misbehavior. The
oppressive religious milieu, plus Edvards poor
health and the vivid ghost stories, helped
inspire macabre visions and nightmares in Edvard,
who felt death constantly advancing on him. One
of Munch's younger sisters was diagnosed with
mental illness at an early age. Of the five
siblings only Andreas married, but he died a few
months after the wedding. Munch would later
write, "I inherited two of mankind's most
frightful enemiesthe heritage of consumption and
insanity."
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The Scream 1893
I was walking along a path with two friendsthe
sun was settingsuddenly the sky turned blood
redI paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on
the fencethere was blood and tongues of fire
above the blue-black fjord and the citymy
friends walked on, and I stood there trembling
with anxietyand I sensed an infinite scream
passing through nature.
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The fjords
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Northern Lights
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Turner
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Paul Gauguin, 18971898
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The Frieze of Life
The Dance of Life
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Anxiety 1894
Woman in Three Stages 1894
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Love and Pain Vampire
Ashes 1894
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Puberty 1894
Madonna 1894
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Melancholy 1894
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Death of Marat 1907