The Scream
Lara Abbas – 7B
A Little Bit About the
Artist
Who is the
artist? The artist
of this painting
is Edvard
Munch.
• Where is he
from? Edvard
Munch was
born in Löten,
Norway.
A Little Bit More About
the Artist
• About Edvard Munch: Edvard Munch grew up in
Norway's capital, Oslo, then called Christiania. His
father, Christian Munch — brother of the wellknown historian P.A. Munch — was a deeply
religious military doctor earning a modest income.
His wife, who was 20 years, died of tuberculosis
when Edvard was only five years old, and Edvard's
older sister, Sophie, died of the disease at the age
of 15. Edvard himself was often ill. A younger sister
was diagnosed with mental illness at an early age.
Of the five siblings only one, Andreas, ever married,
only to die a few months after the wedding. His
childhood home was his art, Edvard Munch turned
again and again to the memory of illness, death and
grief.
Now, a Little Bit About
the Painting
• What is the name of the
artwork? The name of the
artwork is very unique and
different, "The Scream”
• What year was it created?
The year this magnificent
artwork was created was in
1893.
• But now, many styles have
occurred, let me show you
what I am talking about.
What is the Subject of
the Artwork?
• What is the subject of this artwork? This
picture to me drips pure emotion. Munch's
own personal despair went into this painting.
The loneliness of the figure and the violent
swirling colors seem to jump off the painting in
a dramatic, aggressive attack.
What is the Subject of
the Artwork?
• In a note in his diary Munch described his
inspiration for the image this:
• "I was walking along a path with two friends the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned
blood red - I paused, feeling exhausted, and
leaned on the fence - there was blood and
tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and
the city - my friends walked on, and I stood
there trembling with anxiety - and I sensed an
infinite scream passing through nature."
Portrait, Landscape or
Still-life?
• I think The Scream is portrait. I think this because in the
picture there is a person, also because it is right side up.
The Medium
•The medium Edvard Munch used
was Oil paint on canvas; also
woodcuts.
Why Did I Pick This
Artwork?
• Well, this is a really supernatural, strange in a
simpler way word, story. It all started last year,
in Mrs. Rimmer’s room; you know when you
walk in a new room, you tend to look around,
well that’s what I did. I was looking around
and, poof something shoots my eye, it was
”The Scream”. Ever since that day, I kept
looking at it, it was exceedingly, exceptionally,
extraordinarily, tremendously, immensely
limited and unrepeatable.
“The Scream”
Facts About Edvard Munch
• Edvard had three sisters, Johanne Sophie,
Laura Catherine , Inger Marie and one brother,
Peter Andreas. Inger Marie was the model for
'The Sick Child’.
• He died because of pneumonia.
• He was never married.
Read this website for more:
http://www.edvard-munch.com/backg/bio/index.htm
Edvard Munch Quotes
• A person himself believes that all the other portraits are
good likenesses except the one of himself.
• By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened
mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a
phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in
The Frieze of Life.
• Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light.
• To be a painter, one must work with rays of Disease,
insanity, and death were the angels that attended my
cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my
life.
• For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep
feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.
- Edvard Munch
Bibliography
Picture Websites:
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http://www.nonprints.com/painting/The_Scream_5190.html
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http://www.jerrysartarama.com
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http://www.artinstructionblog.com/oil-painting-tips-different-methods-forstarting-an-oil-painting
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http://www.imageenvision.com
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http://www.astoria-rust.blogspot.com
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http://www.gbposters.com
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Google Maps
Bibliography
Research Websites:
http://oaks.nvg.org/an3ra2.html
http://www.edvardmunch.com/gallery/anxiety/scream.htm
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/The_Scream.aspx
http://www.edvardmunch.info/
Edvard Munch Movie!
http://www.alluc.org/movies/watch-Edvard-Munchonline/212376.html
Edvard Munch