Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
Munch in an undated photo
Self-Portrait with Palette (1926). Currently on view at the Clark Art Institute
Despair by Edvard Munch (1894) displays emotion that could be seen as related to dissociation or depression in borderline personality disorder.
Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895, Munch Museum, Oslo
The Scream is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The Norwegian name of the piece is Skrik (Scream), and the German title under which it was first exhibited is Der Schrei der Natur. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images in art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. Munch's work, including The Scream, had a formative influence on the Expressionist movement.
The Scream
Edvard Munch, 1921
A Peruvian mummy at La Specola, Florence
The Scream back in the National Gallery after recovery and before restoration, September 2006.