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The Paris Pinacothèque revisits the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in an exhibition called the “Edvard Munch or the anti-scream.” Although this artist is internationally known for his painting “the scream” there are literally thousands more reasons to appreciate his work. Munch was incredibly productive throughout his life, and when he died, left more than 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolours, and six sculptures to the city of Oslo. That´s more than just one scream!
The evolution of his painting can not be separated from his personal evolution, because his fragile health, both physical and mental, difficult family life and economic instability influenced his career. But through art found a way of expressing existential doubts, anxiety and c find a way to compulsively “open the heart.” He surrounded himself with artists and writers, bohemians and nihilists, and his personal life on several occasions led him to violence. The exhibition at the Pinacothèque, organized into five chronological sections to elucidate lesser-known facets of his artistic career, will run until July 18, 2010.
His work touched on symbolism, naturalism, impressionism and expressionism, and he also began doing more and more portraits in the last stage of his career. The commercial success of his work, due in part to the controversy provoked by his paintings, motivated him to use screen printing to produce images for sale, like a proto Andy Warhol, First, his art was condemned by critics, then the Nazis, then was reclaimed (and even in sometimes notorious cases, stolen!) as the product of a deeply inspiring artist and key figure in the development of 20th century modernism. Like they say, all publicity is good publicity.
If you rent apartments in Paris, you’re sure not to scream: to the contrary, your stay is guaranteed to be pleasant and comfortable.
