The Scream by Edvard Munch: Who Is Really Screaming? (1893)
A figure with a skull-like head stands on a bridge, hands pressed to its face, mouth open in a perfect O. Behind it, the sky burns in waves of red and orange, the fjord curls away in dark blue, and two figures walk on as if nothing were happening. Edvard Munch painted The Scream in 1893, and it has become the most famous image of anxiety ever made. But almost everything people think they know about it is slightly wrong, starting with the scream itself. Edvard Munch, The Scream , 1893. Oil, tempera, pastel and crayon on cardboard, 91 × 73.5 cm. National Museum, Oslo. Fine-art print available from the Sapiens Verbum print shop. 🖼️ Get this painting as a print → Quick facts Artist: Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Norwegian painter Title: The Scream (Norwegian Skrik ; first shown in Germany as Der Schrei der Natur , “The Scream of Nature”) Date: 1893 Medium: Oil, tempera, pastel and crayon on cardboard, 91 × 73.5 cm Collection...