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Essay on Edvard Munch's Scream
Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new movement in art. Munch and many artists of the time needed to express their feelings about all the change that was happening around.
Edvard Munch was born in Norway in 1863; he knew how a person's emotional pain feels. He was the son of an Army Medical Corp doctor who brought patients at home all the time. His mother died when he was only five years of age. His oldest sister died of disease at the age of fifteen. Edvard himself was often ill.
One of his youngest sisters was also diagnosed with a mental illness at an early age. With death and illness as a major factor in his life he turned that into his own work. After a year at Technical school to study engineering, Munch became dedicated to his artwork. (Doug,1973)
Edvard Munch's most famous work has gained enormously in popularity, especially since World War II. Perhaps the existential fear here rendered by the artist has become more widespread in recent decades?
Painting Description
The Scream displays a person on abridge screaming. This persons hand is on his cheeks. There are two other people walking in the background. The people in the background are solid colored. The person that is screaming has a blackout fit and a white face.
The sky in the foreground is almost sucked into the center. The sky in the background is very bright and in slanted layers. The world seems to be occurring while no one takes notice to the scream. This painting is classified as Proto-Expressionism. Proto- Expressionism is work that was before the expressionism movement. It has very bold outlines....
