The Scream

The Scream (1893) is an unforgettable Expressionist painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It is regarded by many as his most important work, a symbol of modern man, finding no solitude. The landscape in the background is Oslo, viewed from the hill of Nordstrand. The reproduced painting hangs in the Munch-museet, Oslo. The most famous version, however, is in the Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.

Munch himself wrote:

I was walking along a path with two friends - the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red - I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence - there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city - my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety - and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.