Edvard Munch
1863-1944
Artistic concept:
Edvard munch considered as a modern
artist who was a Norwegian master and he was identified with the famous
painting The Scream. He was regarded
as the pioneer of the amazing Expressionist movement. Due to his lost of his
siblings when he was young, so this traumatic experience he had been carried
throughout his life in his art. His work contains a very strong sense of
emotion, brought out through brilliant colors and a highly stylized way of
painting. Munch always depicted themes such as: life, death, love, terror and loneliness,
and with the application of contrasting lines, colors and simple shapes of exaggerated
generalization to express his feelings and emotions, and he always want to
express an individual’s inner state of mind, the internal feeling of a person,
and the characters in many of his paintings really emphasis this concept. The
most distinctive of his works from others is his subjects are less
representational of the figure than the emotion it portrays, which is the
objective of Expressionism. And also his portrayal of women includes certain
sexual connotations.
Techniques
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Expressive orange-red color.
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Abandonment of the natural colors.
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Simplification and stylization of the motives.
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Munch ‘s aim was to depict life that could be seen;
however the unconscious sensations were also distinctive symbolism.
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The composition methods such as energetic line
management and the decorative plate forms.
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Vigorous coloring
Inspiration:
My inspiration from Munch’s painting is the expression of one’s internal
state. It is amazing how Munch using colors, composition, and brushstrokes to
express one’s feeling. The one that most inspires me is the Scream, Munch's painting of this is a direct symbolism of what
myself and so many other people feel like at various times in our lives. To me
this resembles my inner reaction when everything just gets to me - frustration,
annoyance, anger - it really is an "inner scream."
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