Edvard munch the scream

Edvard Munch (IPA: [ˈɛdvɑɖ muŋk]) (December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a NorwegianSymbolist painter, printmaker, and graphic artist, who was also an important forerunner in the school of art known as Expressionism.

The Scream (1893; originally called Despair) is perhaps his most famous work and was stolen twice; it is one of the most recognizable and iconic images in Modern art.

The Scream was one of several pieces in a series titled The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death, and melancholy.

Munch's art vividly and often disturbingly reflects the angst and dread that modern humans feels when the soul is in conflict with the natural surroundings and the divine during humanity's journal through the twentieth century; a century rife with world war, conflict, and the stress of modern day industrialism.

Munch's dark portrayals of hum