In the picture “Wild Red Grapes”, the viewer’s attention is attracted primarily by the gray-green face in the first plane, and then the glance rushes to the house itself, located


In the picture “Wild Red Grapes”, the viewer’s attention is attracted primarily by the gray-green face in the first plane, and then the glance rushes to the house itself, located

The influence that Munk had on everything he saw in Paris and Berlin is felt in his film Creek. This work, made on cardboard in oil, tempera and pastel, is

Nude young woman with flowing black hair, eyes half closed in ecstasy. Such a Madonna saw the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. With a canonical image, only one detail has it

The painting “Maturation”, dated 1894, is the second version of the canvas, written by Munk eight years before and destroyed during a fire in his workshop. This picture honestly and

In Norwegian painting of the eighties of the 19th century, the “childish” theme is very popular, most often artists choose the motifs of a suffering, destitute or sick child. However,

A significant number of works by the Norwegian artist E. Munk is represented at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo. Along with the famous “Shout”, in

The year 1889 became difficult for the artist, he was seriously ill, but after his illness, during his recovery, he wrote a very autobiographical tightly “Spring”. It combines memories of

Almost not interested in politics, Munch felt great sympathy for those who earn their living through hard work. Probably there was something in this from the ever-living memory of childhood

Jealousy is a devastating feeling, a deforming person, and the whole world around. The artist analyzes the causes, shows the results, philosophizes, but can not get to the bottom of

This picture is an example of two more influences implemented by Munk in an absolutely original manner. We mean, on the one hand, Maurice Denis with his decorative effect, and

Naked figures are familiar in the works of Munch. The artist most often depicted a male nude as a completely impassive person, as, for example, in the work Men at

Most of the early portraits were written by Munk with his friends. Later, he did not disdain and custom portraits. In addition, the artist created a series of self-portraits –

“Kiss” embodies the passion of love that unites two people. Munch represents a “fatal sexual attraction”: the picture is intended not so much to cause the erotic associations of the

The work of Edward Munch “Spring Day on the street of Karl Johan”, written in 1890 during the artist’s stay in Norway, shows his work from the other side. The

On the self-portrait of Edvard Munch, we see the figure of a man with a lit cigarette, shrouded in gray tobacco smoke, which is designed to increase the expressiveness of

“Yawning Girl” – a picture of Edvard Munch, written in 1913. In her typical expressionist style, Munch depicts an almost nude woman sitting on the edge of her bed and

The beginning of the artistic path of Munch was unremarkable. His early works are small in size, inexpressive in the plot and, in general, leave the viewer indifferent. These include

Munch was one of the outstanding engravers of the XX century. His favorite technicians have always been etching, lithography and wood engraving. It is difficult to find an artist equal

Landscapes, devoid of human footprints, there is also a Munch of his era of “storm and onslaught.” This is one of them. Of course, this is not a realistic landscape,

This picture is one of those that completes the Munch period in Paris. A stay in the then capital of the artistic world was not a gift for the artist.

Edvard Munch writes “Morning” in the twenty-second year of life. By that time, for the second year already, he was a student of Christian Krogh, and it is quite natural