{"id":2730,"date":"2012-08-22T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:42:03","slug":"edvard-munch-to-be-a-painter-one-must-work-with-rays-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/edvard-munch-to-be-a-painter-one-must-work-with-rays-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"<img src=\"\/images\/flags\/Norway.gif\"> Edvard Munch \u2013 To be a painter, one must work with rays of light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2di4ai-a9647b49a825e6e2a6a8fb02c115bd55\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-2di4ai-a9647b49a825e6e2a6a8fb02c115bd55 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:14.2857%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-2di4ai-a9647b49a825e6e2a6a8fb02c115bd55 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-450x188.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-495x255.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Articles-Munch'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-2733 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2733\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Articles-Munch' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2014\/07\/Articles-Munch-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Edvard Munch, the iconic Norwegian painter, one said \u201cDeath is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walter Leistikow, \u201cDie freihe B\u00fchne\u201d (German magazine) said about Munch that \u201cGreat poets and painters are seldom understood at first, seldom honoured. They can be glad if they are not shown the door and politely thrown out, like Mr. Munch\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Munch looked at things in a distinctively different way from many artists of his time. I always felt that he saw only the essence and, consequently, painted only that. That\u2019s why some people have taken such delight in saying his pictures appear to be \u2018unfinished\u2019. I disagree. To me his paintings are finished. Obviously I am no painter, nor critic but I loved his sad paintings even in high school. Must be the Nordic blood in me. I guess we all can agree that art is \u2018finished\u2019 when the artist has said all that he really wanted to say. I always thought this was the advantage Munch had over his generations of painters. His unique ability to show us how he felt and what truly gripped him, making everything else seem unimportant.<\/p>\n<p>Munch had extensive art production during his 80 years. Norwegian travel tours provide a good introduction to Munch and his art combined with idyllic fjord life, small coastal towns and the proximity to the capital. There has never been a better time to visit one of Europe\u2019s coolest capitals with the upcoming Edvard Munch jubilee in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Munch\u2019s bequested to the City of Oslo around 1,100 paintings, 15,500 prints, 4,700 drawings, six sculptures, his graphic printing plates as well as some other objects. All of these works went into the collections of the Munch Museum. To understand how productive Munch was let\u2019s just say those works represented more than half of Munch\u2019s total production.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you are not interested in art \u2013 and know nothing about Edward Munch you may have heard about The Scream sale at Sothesbys in New York. Sotheby\u2019s sold a version of Edvard Munch\u2019s masterpiece \u2018The Scream\u2019 in New York City on 2 May 2012, at the final sum of nearly $120 million. That is correct, $12o million for one painting!<\/p>\n<p>The iconic \u201cScream\u201d is one of the most instantly recognizable images in art history and also popular culture. Many have said it is almost as recognizable as the Mona Lisa. The current version of The Scream (which dates from 1895) is one of four versions of the composition. Incidentally it is the only version in private hands. The painting has been in the collection of the Olsen family, a ship-owning dynasty, for over 70 years. The Olsen family were neighbors of Edward Munch at Hvitsten in Norway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was walking along the road with two Friends \/the Sun was setting \u2013 The Sky turned a bloody red \/ And I felt a whiff of Melancholy \u2013 I stood \/ Still, deathly tired \u2013 over the blue-black \/ Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire \/ My Friends walked on \u2013 I remained behind \/ \u2013 shivering with Anxiety \u2013 I felt the great Scream in Nature \u2013 EM\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 The artist\u2019s hand-painted inscription on the frame of the present work<\/p>\n<p>The life of Edward Munch was not entirely a happy one \u2013 but it was a life well worth of living. His legacy is unbelievable. If you visit Norway, do not miss Edvard Munch!<\/p>\n<p>by <strong>Kaisa Kokkonen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edvard Munch, the iconic Norwegian painter, one said \u201cDeath is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.\u201d Walter Leistikow, \u201cDie freihe B\u00fchne\u201d (German magazine) said about Munch that \u201cGreat poets and painters are seldom understood at first, seldom honoured. 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