Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,”
is a colorful movement in the arts that captivated Europe during the transition
from the 19th century to the 20th century. In other languages, Art Nouveau had
other names, such as “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “Jugendstil” or “youth style”
in German.
An early example of the paintings of Art
Nouveau is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” This painting was created in 1905 and
later displayed during the artist’s first Paris show at La Maison de l’Art
Nouveaux gallery. This location was the interior design house for which Art
Nouveau is named. Now “The Scream” hangs in the National Gallery in Oslo,
Norway.
Edward Munch is a Norwegian Expressionist pointer who carried
out four versions of “the Scream”. Two, which are located at the Munch Museum
in Oslo, are moderated on paperboard. Another is oil moderated and pastel,
located at the Gallery of Oslo and the fourth version, dating back to 1895 is
in a particular collection, bought by Sothe in New York on the 2nd
of May 2012.
This work is regarded as the most important by this artist.
“The Scream” belongs to a large collection of 22 paintings.
He seeks to fix moments of emotions on his painting as on a photographic plate.
The portrait of a face, sometimes compared to a mummy, is deformed by the force
of the cream. The face lengthens upwards whilst swelling, and the horizontal
movement moves the level of the sky. Tension is added with the help of contrast
between warm and cold colours.
The point of view of the viewer is at the top of the head of
the figure, the point where the distortion is projected out of him.
The face of the figure is directly between two vertical
tension fields and between two points of interest. The glowing sky is located
to the top of him and the blue and orange colours used seem to dispute pictorial
space and make the viewer think they are in competition between each other, showing
day and night or the calm and the anguish.
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