Edvard Munch and The Scream

One of the most instantly recognised works of western art, The Scream, first painted in 1893 by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, has become an icon of Expressionist angst.

This talk will uncover and explore the meaning of the work by examining it within the context of Munch's career, where it can be seen as part of 'The Frieze of Life' - an intense, complex attempt to develop style and subjects that could express the emotional charge informing the pattern of human existence.

While Munch's development as a painter and printmaker shows the influence of such post-impressionists as Paul Gauguin, this chance to survey the range of his work will illustrate that unique capacity to fit form to feeling which makes it feel 'modern' even today.