03 — ARTWORK
The Scream
- MEDIUM
- Lithography, 355 x 254 mm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 993 × 1500 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Conceived as part of Munch's semi-autobiographical cycle "The Friezea horizontal band of architectural decoration; in a classical entablature, the horizontal member band between the architrave and the cornice. of Life," The Scream's composition exists in four forms: the first painting, done in oil, temperaA method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with an emulsion of water and egg yolks or whole eggs (sometimes glue or milk). Tempera was widely used in Italian art in the 14th and 15th centuries, both for panel painting and fresco, then being replaced by oil paint. Tempera colors are bright and translucent, though because the paint dried very quickly there is little time to blend them, graduated tones being created by adding lighter or darker dots or lines of color to an area of dried paint., and pastelA drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form. on cardboard (1893, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo), two pastel examples (1893, Munch Museum, Oslo and 1895, private collection), and a final tempera painting (1910, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo). Munch also created a lithographic version. The various renditions show the artist's creativity and his interest in experimenting with the possibilities to be obtained across an array of media, while the work's subject matter fits with Munch's interest at the time in themes of relationships, life, death, and dread.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {The Scream by MUNCH, Edvard},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/munch-edvard-r3b2414862e8c86/the-scream-r23b62f58b5738e},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
