Edvard Munch

Norwegian · 1863–1944 · Painter, Printmaker

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art. (Wikipedia)

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Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1863, ÅdalsbrukDied 1944, EkelyOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q41406 ↗ULAN 500032949 ↗Museum works 24

ExpressionismSymbolism

Also known as E. (Edvard) Munch, E. Munch, Eduard Munch, edv. munch, Edvard Munk, edward munch, Munch

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Edvard Munch, Geschrei (The Scream) — **Geschrei (The Scream)**1895 · lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Edvard Munch, Ontmoeting in de ruimte — **Ontmoeting in de ruimte**1898 - 1899
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Edvard Munch, Vrouw naast een ziek kind — **Vrouw naast een ziek kind**1894
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Edvard Munch, Het meisje bij het raam — **Het meisje bij het raam**1894
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Edvard Munch, Mannen rond een tafel in een café — **Mannen rond een tafel in een café**1895
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Edvard Munch, Bergen Harbour — **Bergen Harbour**1916
Munch Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Munch Museum

Edvard Munch, Birch in Snow — **Birch in Snow**1901
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b6f4222591fc23161c8a4f992cfa7848 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Edvard Munch, Birch Trees in the Autumn — **Birch Trees in the Autumn**1882
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/36ec416f56439b2cab86c7eee7f078c0 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Edvard Munch, Birch Trees with Woman Walking — **Birch Trees with Woman Walking**1882
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/d78fc054cc65eae7c25811814125bbe7 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Edvard Munch, Birch Trunks — **Birch Trunks**1914
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/82ae05bdf5f8a2a38fbffc4726d3dc55 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Edvard Munch, Birgit Prestøe in the Garden — **Birgit Prestøe in the Garden**1924
Munch Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Munch Museum

Edvard Munch, The Girl by the Window — **The Girl by the Window**1893 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Searle Family Trust and Goldabelle McComb Finn endo…

Edvard Munch, The Scream — **The Scream**1895 · Lithograph in black ink on cream card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Edvard Munch, Two Women on the Shore — **Two Women on the Shore**1898 · Woodcut printed from one block (sawn into three sections) in dark blue, green, black and red-brown ink with additions in green crayon on cream Japanese paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Edvard Munch, Consolation — **Consolation**1894 · Drypoint and open bite in black on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Edvard Munch, The Sick Child I — **The Sick Child I**1896 · Transfer lithograph printed from two stones in pale blue and black ink on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Fund — public domain (CC0)

Edvard Munch, Madonna — **Madonna**1895/96 · Handcolored lithograph in black on mottled gray-blue wove paper (discolored to gray-green), laid down on white wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Department Purchase Fund — publ…

Edvard Munch, Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes (The Sin) — **Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes (The Sin)**1901 · color lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund — Open Acc…

Edvard Munch, Evening, Melancholy I — **Evening, Melancholy I**1896 · Hand-colored woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. H…

Edvard Munch, Summer Night (The Voice) — **Summer Night (The Voice)**1895 · etching and plate roughened with sandpaper
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Edvard Munch, From Max Linde's House: Theodor Linde — **From Max Linde's House: Theodor Linde**1902 · drypoint
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, In honor of Dr. Vera Ruthenberg, National Galerie, B…

Edvard Munch, Head of a Man — **Head of a Man**1906, printed 1917–18) · drypoint
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Gordon K. Mott — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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