The Scream

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The Scream is an iconic late-19th-century painting by Edvard Munch that powerfully depicts existential angst and has become one of the most recognizable images in modern art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Expressionist painting
artwork
painting
artHistoricalPeriod Modern art
artist Edvard Munch
collection Munch Museum collection
National Gallery of Norway
colorCharacteristic vivid contrasting colors
country Norway
countryOfOrigin Norway
createdIn 1893
creator Edvard Munch
depicts a blood-red sky
a bridge
a figure with a distorted face
a fjord landscape
anxiety
existential angst
genre symbolist art
hasTheme alienation
death
existential crisis
fear
hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Scream (1893 pastel)

The Scream self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Scream (1893 tempera and crayon on cardboard)

The Scream self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Scream (1895 pastel)

The Scream self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Scream (1910 tempera version)

The Scream self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Scream (lithograph)
inception 1893
influenced modern art
popular culture
influencedBy Norwegian landscape
Symbolism
personal anxiety of Edvard Munch
lineCharacteristic swirling, curvilinear lines
locatedIn Oslo
location Munch Museum
surface form: Munch Museum, Oslo

National Gallery of Norway
surface form: National Gallery, Oslo
medium lithograph
oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard
pastel on board
tempera on cardboard
movement Expressionism
notableFor being one of the most recognizable images in modern art
iconic depiction of existential dread
originalLanguageTitle Scream
surface form: Skrik
originalTitleLanguage Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
partOfSeries The Frieze of Life
period late 19th century
series The Frieze of Life

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Siouxsie and the Banshees album The Scream
Munch Museum collectionIncludes The Scream
The Scream hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Scream (1893 tempera and crayon on cardboard)
The Scream hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Scream (1893 pastel)
The Scream hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Scream (1895 pastel)
The Scream hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Scream (1910 tempera version)
The Scream hasVersion The Scream self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Scream (lithograph)
Edvard Munch notableWork The Scream
Expressionism notableWork The Scream