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“L’Urlo” di #Munch come non l’avete mai visto. #urlo #oslo @laupertici @munchmuseum
“L’Urlo” di #Munch come non l’avete mai visto. #urlo #oslo @laupertici @munchmuseum
Edvard Munch’s The Scream did not begin as a portrait of horror, but as a moment of inner collapse. Painted from an experience near Oslo Fjord, it turned a blood red sky, a frozen figure, and two distant companions into one of the most recognizable images of modern anxiety. The figure is not simply screaming into the world. It feels as if the world itself is screaming through the figure. What made the image revolutionary was its emotional honesty. At a time when art was still often expected to show beauty, power, faith, or heroic scenes, Munch painted panic, isolation, and psychological pressure. The distorted face, the bending landscape, and the vibrating colors made fear visible in a way that felt deeply personal and strangely universal. Munch created several versions of The Scream, including paintings, pastels, and lithographs, and each one carried the same haunting force. The 1895 pastel version sold at Sotheby’s New York in 2012 for almost $120 million, while other versions became part of dramatic theft and recovery stories in Norway. More than a century later, The Scream still feels modern because it captured something people had always felt, but art had rarely shown so directly.
Edvard Munch’s The Scream did not begin as a portrait of horror, but as a moment of inner collapse. Painted from an experience near Oslo Fjord, it turned a blood red sky, a frozen figure, and two distant companions into one of the most recognizable images of modern anxiety. The figure is not simply screaming into the world. It feels as if the world itself is screaming through the figure. What made the image revolutionary was its emotional honesty. At a time when art was still often expected to show beauty, power, faith, or heroic scenes, Munch painted panic, isolation, and psychological pressure. The distorted face, the bending landscape, and the vibrating colors made fear visible in a way that felt deeply personal and strangely universal. Munch created several versions of The Scream, including paintings, pastels, and lithographs, and each one carried the same haunting force. The 1895 pastel version sold at Sotheby’s New York in 2012 for almost $120 million, while other versions became part of dramatic theft and recovery stories in Norway. More than a century later, The Scream still feels modern because it captured something people had always felt, but art had rarely shown so directly.
How does Edvard Munch use colour to create such an intimate portrait? Hear from artist Charlie Schaffer as he discusses the technique behind this early portrait in our latest exhibition, Edvard Munch Portraits. You can learn more from Charlie in our upcoming weekend workshop, 26 April - 27 April 2025. Hashtags: #NationalPortraitGallery #EdvardMunch 🎨 Jørgen Sørensen, by Edvard Munch, 1885 © The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland
How does Edvard Munch use colour to create such an intimate portrait? Hear from artist Charlie Schaffer as he discusses the technique behind this early portrait in our latest exhibition, Edvard Munch Portraits. You can learn more from Charlie in our upcoming weekend workshop, 26 April - 27 April 2025. Hashtags: #NationalPortraitGallery #EdvardMunch 🎨 Jørgen Sørensen, by Edvard Munch, 1885 © The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland
Oct 22, 2025, at the Norwegian Embassy in Paris, I said a word at the reception recognizing me as the recient of the Munch award. The award ceremony will be tomorrow, Friday October 24, at the Munch Museum in Oslo. Video by a very special friend.
Oct 22, 2025, at the Norwegian Embassy in Paris, I said a word at the reception recognizing me as the recient of the Munch award. The award ceremony will be tomorrow, Friday October 24, at the Munch Museum in Oslo. Video by a very special friend.
🧑‍🎨 At 16 years old, Paula Rego encountered Edvard Munch’s art for the first time. Decades later, that meeting would help uncover an unexpected connection between the two artists.   While researching Rego’s work, MUNCH curator Kari J. Brandtzæg (@karijbrandtzaeg) began tracing some unexpected parallels between them. What started with a single painting, The Dance (1988), grew into a fascinating dialogue across generations, linking several of Rego’s works to Munch’s motifs.   🔍 After visiting Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns on the 3rd floor, head up to the 4th floor to see Munch’s The Dance of Life (1925) and Inheritance (1897–1899).   📍 Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns is on view at MUNCH until 2 August 2026. 📎 Tap the comments for credits.   #MUNCH #MUNCHmuseum #PaulaRego #EdvardMunch #ArtHistory
🧑‍🎨 At 16 years old, Paula Rego encountered Edvard Munch’s art for the first time. Decades later, that meeting would help uncover an unexpected connection between the two artists.   While researching Rego’s work, MUNCH curator Kari J. Brandtzæg (@karijbrandtzaeg) began tracing some unexpected parallels between them. What started with a single painting, The Dance (1988), grew into a fascinating dialogue across generations, linking several of Rego’s works to Munch’s motifs.   🔍 After visiting Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns on the 3rd floor, head up to the 4th floor to see Munch’s The Dance of Life (1925) and Inheritance (1897–1899).   📍 Paula Rego – Dance Among Thorns is on view at MUNCH until 2 August 2026. 📎 Tap the comments for credits.   #MUNCH #MUNCHmuseum #PaulaRego #EdvardMunch #ArtHistory
Munch museum of arts. #roadtrip #travelphotography #oslo #norway #shotoniphone
Munch museum of arts. #roadtrip #travelphotography #oslo #norway #shotoniphone
🤝 An iconic frieze and powerful worker motifs: Edvard Munch and the Chocolate Factory is now open at MUNCH!   Created for the Freia chocolate factory in 1922, Edvard Munch’s large-scale paintings were the first decorative artworks commissioned for a factory – and for a women’s canteen.   📦 Now temporarily relocated from Freia’s headquarters at Rodeløkka to MUNCH in Bjørvika, the works can be experienced up close, raw and unframed.   The exhibition also features sketches and worker motifs from the interwar period.   📍 9th floor at MUNCH. On view until 11 October 2026.   #MUNCH #MUNCHmuseum #EdvardMunch #Freia #thingstodoinOslo
🤝 An iconic frieze and powerful worker motifs: Edvard Munch and the Chocolate Factory is now open at MUNCH!   Created for the Freia chocolate factory in 1922, Edvard Munch’s large-scale paintings were the first decorative artworks commissioned for a factory – and for a women’s canteen.   📦 Now temporarily relocated from Freia’s headquarters at Rodeløkka to MUNCH in Bjørvika, the works can be experienced up close, raw and unframed.   The exhibition also features sketches and worker motifs from the interwar period.   📍 9th floor at MUNCH. On view until 11 October 2026.   #MUNCH #MUNCHmuseum #EdvardMunch #Freia #thingstodoinOslo
30 years ago today the painting “Scream” by Edvard Munch was stolen from the National Gallery during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games at Lillehammer! 😱❄️ It was fortunately recovered three months later 😊❤️ #oslo #visitoslo
30 years ago today the painting “Scream” by Edvard Munch was stolen from the National Gallery during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games at Lillehammer! 😱❄️ It was fortunately recovered three months later 😊❤️ #oslo #visitoslo
@catherinesouthonauctioneers 🖼️Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Melancholy III A deceptively simple composition exploring love, despair and psychological isolation, Melancholy III is one of Munch’s early Symbolist works. Set on the rocky shoreline at Åsgårdstrand, the scene draws upon the doomed love affair of Munch’s lifelong friend, art critic Jappe Nilssen, with Oda Larsen Krohg — blurring the line between reality and imagination. 🎥 In our latest reel, Catherine Southon discusses the story behind this remarkable woodcut. Estimate: £50,000–£80,000 📅 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction | Wednesday 28 October #EdvardMunch #Munch #FineArtAuction #SymbolistArt #CSAuctioneers
@catherinesouthonauctioneers 🖼️Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Melancholy III A deceptively simple composition exploring love, despair and psychological isolation, Melancholy III is one of Munch’s early Symbolist works. Set on the rocky shoreline at Åsgårdstrand, the scene draws upon the doomed love affair of Munch’s lifelong friend, art critic Jappe Nilssen, with Oda Larsen Krohg — blurring the line between reality and imagination. 🎥 In our latest reel, Catherine Southon discusses the story behind this remarkable woodcut. Estimate: £50,000–£80,000 📅 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction | Wednesday 28 October #EdvardMunch #Munch #FineArtAuction #SymbolistArt #CSAuctioneers
Munch museum at 10pm. Endless summer days here in Oslo. #oslo #oslonorway #pier42oslo #visitnorway #munchmuseet #edvardmunch #munchmuseum #oslosummer #oslosummernights #endlessdaysofsummer
Munch museum at 10pm. Endless summer days here in Oslo. #oslo #oslonorway #pier42oslo #visitnorway #munchmuseet #edvardmunch #munchmuseum #oslosummer #oslosummernights #endlessdaysofsummer
Did you know some of these fun facts: Each painting is 4.5 × 7.8 meters. That’s the size of a small apartment in Oslo 🏡 Munch’s largest paintings are so big, they had to be lifted into the new museum through a special opening in the wall on the 6th floor 🚧🖼️ They couldn’t be rolled or folded. They were transported flat, by barge and crane, like giant doors🚛 The gallery where they now hang was designed specifically to hold them, including extra ceiling height and reinforced walls 🔨🏗️ Try taking a selfie with The Sun - you’ll look like an ant 📸🌞 #nord #norway🇳🇴 @munchmuseum
Did you know some of these fun facts: Each painting is 4.5 × 7.8 meters. That’s the size of a small apartment in Oslo 🏡 Munch’s largest paintings are so big, they had to be lifted into the new museum through a special opening in the wall on the 6th floor 🚧🖼️ They couldn’t be rolled or folded. They were transported flat, by barge and crane, like giant doors🚛 The gallery where they now hang was designed specifically to hold them, including extra ceiling height and reinforced walls 🔨🏗️ Try taking a selfie with The Sun - you’ll look like an ant 📸🌞 #nord #norway🇳🇴 @munchmuseum
Together with @munchmuseum we are bringing a curated collection of Edvard Munch’s most celebrated works, including The Scream, to Samsung Art Store 🖼️ To mark the collaboration, new Art Store customers receive 3 months of Art Store access included, with access to thousands of artworks from some of the world’s leading museums and artists. Experience world-class art, right from your living room 📺 #ArtStore #TheFrame #Munch
Together with @munchmuseum we are bringing a curated collection of Edvard Munch’s most celebrated works, including The Scream, to Samsung Art Store 🖼️ To mark the collaboration, new Art Store customers receive 3 months of Art Store access included, with access to thousands of artworks from some of the world’s leading museums and artists. Experience world-class art, right from your living room 📺 #ArtStore #TheFrame #Munch
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