The Scream is a famous 1893 painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It depicts a figure with hands raised to its head against a landscape in distressing colors. There are four versions of the painting, with one in the National Gallery in Oslo. The painting uses expressionist techniques like distorted shapes, strong colors, and lines to convey personal fear and anxiety in modern society. Munch was an important early expressionist known for works exploring illness, death, and pain through vivid colors and figures. Expressionism in art more broadly aimed to distort reality and convey modern feelings through experimental use of materials.

1. THE
SCREAM
MUNCH
PABLO REDONDO CABELLO

2. • Title: The Scream.
• Author: Edvard Munch ( ).
• Chronology: 1893.
• Style: Expressionist.
• Technique: Oil on canvas.
• Theme: Allegorical.
• Location: Oslo National Gallery.
• Dimensions: 91 cm x 74 cm.

3. The Scream is the title of
several paintings by the
Norwegian Edvard Munch.
The most famous version
is in the National Gallery in
Oslo but there are two
other versions of the
painting that are in the
Munch Museum, also in
Oslo, and the fourth
version belongs to a
private collection.

4. The theme represented in El Grito is strange, it is a
figure that is crossing a bridge, where, as we can see
in the background, there are also other characters in
an attitude of walking. But this figure has seen
something that frightens him, that makes him raise
his hands to his head and open his mouth to express
his anger, pain, inability or whatever, hence the title
of the painting. The stage is a bridge from which you
can see a view of the city of Oslo that would appear
in the background of the work completely blurred.

5. Characteristics of the painting "The Scream
• Image distortion
• Intense colors that contrast with other duller
ones
• Wavy and straight lines (Search for contrast)
• Expression of the author's personal fear (in the
face of an increasingly complex and diffuse
society)
• Three vertical lines divide the work
• A diagonal crosses the box from the far left
• Horizontal line dividing the box

6. Edward Münch
• Expressive and creative use of
line and color
• Strong expressiveness of the
faces and the attitude of the
figures
• Forerunner of expressionism
• Illness, death and pain are
frequent motifs in his work (due
to his unhappy childhood)

7. EXPRESSIONISM

8. It was a cultural movement that emerged in Germany at the beginning
of the 20th century.
It was reflected in literature, music, cinema, theater, etc.
Characteristics of Expressionism
• Distort the shapes
• Strong and pure colors
• Random combinations
• Expressiveness
• Disfigured and sad faces
• Representation of landscapes
• Implicit search for novelty, originality and visionism
• Use of new materials

9. The Lovers of Vence by
Marc Chagall.

10. The Dream, by
Franz Marc.

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.todocuadros.es/pintores-famosos/munch/
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch
• https://historia-arte.com/obras/el-grito
• https://historia-arte.com/artistas/edvard-munch
• https://www.arkiplus.com/pintores-destacados-del-expresionismo/

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