There are two exciting news items with respect to Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch this November.
First, Edvard Munch’s rare painting “Love and Pain” just sold for $34 million at the Sotheby’s auction in New York on November 3, 2008.
The artwork depicts a pale red-headed woman leaning over and passionately clutching a man on her lap. [...]
“I want to show men breath, fell, love, and suffer. I want to bring home to the spectator the sacred element in these things, so that he takes his hat off just as he would in church.” ~ Edvard Munch
Early Childhood of Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter and graphic artist, born at [...]
Despite its title, Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch is more than just a biographical film about the painter of the famous Scream. Munch's tortured life story, from his sickly childhood to his adult affair with a married woman, figure prominently in this fragmentary, elliptical masterpiece, but these dramas are far from the film's only subject. For one thing, the film is one of the best chronicles of th
And for a limited time, you can also purchase this unique one-of-a-kind natural masterpiece on eBay ( item=170227893518)! This would be a must for any true art collector out there. You know your a great artist when nature itself imitates your work. Check out the pix on the auction and see for yourself! Here's an excerpt from the listing:
On a chilly
Friday evening two figures gathered wood and
You know you have a true masterpiece when even nature imitates your work. Check out this log that looks very similar to Edvard Munch's awesome piece The Scream . The wood itself hasn't been tampered with aside from chopping it it half as they were about to toss it into a fire. Apparently, that chop was all that was needed to reveal the masterpiece within. Check out the pix below and see for yo
You know you have a true masterpiece when even nature imitates your work. Check out this log that looks very similar to Edvard Munch's awesome piece The Scream . The wood itself hasn't been tampered with aside from chopping it it half as they were about to toss it into a fire. Apparently, that chop was all that was needed to reveal the masterpiece within. Check out the pix below and see for yo
La "Madonna", di Edvard Munch, è una figura totalmente opposta a quella dell'iconografia tradizionale della Madonna.Questa è la figura del nudo di una donna perduta, di una carnalità stravolta dall'eccesso sessuale. Di un soggetto vittima della sua stessa angoscia. ( Con questo concetto, mi piacerebbe riportare l'attenzione anche su un'atra opera di Munch : La bambina malata, che rappresenta pi
The Scream by Edvard Munch to go back on the Wall
"The Scream" (1893) and "Madonna"(1893-94) by Edvard Munch will go back on display at the Munch Museum in Oslo. Both paintings were stolen and unfortunately damaged in a 2004 heist.
Repairs to the paintings, that were damaged as they were torn from the walls of the museum, are almost complete.
Heistmen gaffled the paintings during the day,
The 2 paintings, one of which is "The Scream," were recovered a couple of years after they were stolen from a museum in Norway. A very good day for the art world.
The Scream. 1893. Oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard.The two-dimensional works of art depicted in these images are in the public domain in the United States, because they were first published in 1922 or earlier, This photographs of the work are also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.). High Resolution Image (813 x 1052, 149 KB) The Dance of Life. 1899 - 1900. Edvard Munch. Oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 75 in. Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" from the U.S. Copyright Office.Works published works before 1923 are now in the public domain. High Resolution Image‎ (90KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)The paintings are protected by copyright in Norway until 2015 (the life of the author + 70 years). The paintings may also be covered by copyright in the countries of the European Union (see Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection).Edvard Munch, From Wikiped
Google is honoring painter Edvard Munch (born December 12, 1863) with a special logo showing a rendition of his most famous painting, The Scream (the one which may have inspired the killer's mask worn in Wes Craven's Scream movie).
