This document provides information about the painting "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, including that it is a self-portrait of the artist that depicts part of a skeleton and was painted three times, with the Norwegian title "Skrik" meaning "shriek" in English. Viewers are prompted to use their imagination to imagine a story for what is happening in the painting that would cause the figure to shriek.

1. Do you like
this
painting?

2. This is the man
that painted the
picture, Edvard
Munch.

3. This is a self-
portrait of
Edvard
Munch. Look
closely and
you will see
part of a
skeleton.

4. This
painting
is called
The
Scream.

5. Munch painted
The Scream 3
different times.

6. In his language
the painting is
called Skrik.

7. In English skrik means shriek.
Why do you think he is
“shrieking”? Use your
imagination to tell a story about
what is happening in the
painting.