Edvard Munch :
The creator of the Scream is a Norwegian symbolist painter named Edvard Munch Edvard Munch
Creation Dates :
Edvard created this painting in 1893 and Placed in the National Gallery in Norway
Another version was created in 1910 and placed in the Munch Museum Creation Dates
Type of Artwork :
The scream is an oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil
Tempera painting is a permanent fast drying paint
Pastel painting is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. Type of Artwork
Thefts :
On February 12, 1994 four men broke into the National Gallery broke in and stole its version of the scream
On August 22, 2004 during daylight hours a masked gun men stole the version from the Munch Museum Thefts
Inspiration :
Edvard says his inspiration for the image came from:
“When he was walking along a path with two friends, the sun was setting, suddenly the sky turned blood red, he paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence, there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city, my friends walked on, and he stood there trembling with anxiety, and he sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.” Inspiration
Other Versions :
These are other versions of The Scream Other Versions
Other Creation By Artist :
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