Dimensions: 75 x 52 cm
Poster for an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Printed by Mourlot, Paris
Condition
Unframed work
Bibliography
Schliefer, 142
Woll, 198
Biography
A Norwegian painter and printmaker considered one of the precursors of Expressionism. He studied drawing and painting in Oslo. Thanks to a scholarship, he studied in Paris from 1889 to 1892, where he was influenced by Post-Impressionist painting. After returning from Paris, he exhibited his works in Oslo. In 1892, Munch’s works were shown in Berlin, where they caused an artistic scandal that helped advance the painter’s career. The artist spent many years in Germany, France, and Italy. He was associated with the Symbolists and the Pont-Aven school. He created expressive figurative compositions, using them to express erotic obsessions, feelings of loneliness, melancholy, and fear of illness and death. He contributed significantly to the development of printmaking. He was the first to use color prints on a large scale. In 1963, the Munch Museum opened in Oslo, and the artist’s works are part of the most important museum collections around the world.
