The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch.

While The Scream, like Eternity’s Gate, reflects the artist’s mental disturbance, The Scream pushes into more amplified distortion and primitive expression and is therefore categorized as an early example of Expressionism.

Dec 8, 2022 · There is no evidence that Edvard Munch painted The Scream about Vincent Van Gogh’s life and anxiety. In fact, when the famous painting was completed in 1893, he probably did not know much about Vincent Van Gogh. The Scream is based on Edvard Munch’s experience of experiencing a sunset near the water in Olso, Norway. Table of Contents

The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch. Munch's The Scream is an icon of modern art, the Mona Lisa for our time. As Leonardo da Vinci evoked a Renaissance ideal of serenity and self-control, Munch defined how we see our own age - wracked with anxiety and uncertainty.

May 3, 2012 · That's the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of art. You recognize the image instantly - the hairless man, clutching his head with a pained look of fear or agony plastered across his...

Mar 4, 2016 · Edvard Munch’s portrait of existential angst is the second most famous image in art history – but why? Alastair Sooke tells its story.

Jul 19, 2013 · The Norwegian artist’s ghostlike figure, clasping his hands to his temples and gaping in terror, is possibly the most renowned icon of modern art, more readily identifiable to the general public...

Jul 16, 2022 · When Edvard Munch first painted "The Scream" in 1893, he also created a pastel version which is one of many on display at the Munch Museum. This version of "The Scream" also traveled outside of Norway, having been shown at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2015 (via the Guardian).

Edvard Munch's The Scream (left) uses expressive waves of color and undulating lines to depict himself in a moment of anguish. Vincent Van Gogh's Eternity's Gate (right) exhibits similar abstraction in an empathetic depiction of an elderly man.

Munch’s art reflects a potent commentary on the human condition, exploring how external forces can elicit profound internal reactions. The very posture of the figure—with hands clamped around its head—illustrates the desperate struggle to block out …