The Scream
Edvard Munch · 1893
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo
The Scream is here, in the room built for it, with the rest of Munch and the national collection of Norway. Norway’s state collection of art, architecture and design, more than 400,000 works in one museum.
What to see
The Scream
Edvard Munch · 1893
The Scream is an art composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The Norwegian name of the piece is Skrik ('Scream'), and the German title under which it was first exhibited is Der Schrei der Natur ('The Scream of Nature').
Dance of Life
Edvard Munch · 1899–1900
The Dance of Life or Life's Dance is an 1899–1900 expressionist painting by Edvard Munch, now in the National Museum of Norway, in Oslo. Olaf Schou purchased the painting in Oslo in 1910, immediately presenting it to the National Gallery.
Puberty
Edvard Munch · 1895
Puberty is an 1894–95 painting created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Puberty has associations with both symbolism and expressionism, the former a movement from which Munch emerged, and the latter a movement in which Munch was pivotal. It is part of an informal series or cycle of paintings, prints, and images known as The Frieze of Life, that Munch created in the 1890s, although he often revisited and explored themes and images from the series throughout his career. The painting was also done as a lithograph and an etching by Munch.
Winter at the Sognefjord
Johan Christian Dahl · 1827
Winter at the Sognefjord is a painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl from 1827. The picture is painted in oil on canvas and has the dimensions of 61.5 x 75.5 cm.
View from Stalheim
Johan Christian Dahl · 1842
View from Stalheim is an 1842 oil painting by Johan Christian Dahl of the mountainous view from Stalheim in Voss Municipality in Søndre Bergenhus county. It is a major work of Romantic nationalism and has become a national icon.
Ashes
Edvard Munch · 1895
Ashes is an oil on canvas painting by the Norwegian symbolist painter Edvard Munch. Painted in 1894–95 it is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Norway in Oslo.
Artists
Norway · 1863–1944
Norway · 1788–1857
Norway · 1814–1876
Norway · 1852–1925
German · 1471–1528 · German Renaissance
Papal States · 1593–1653
French · 1832–1883 · Impressionism
Sweden · 1857–1913
Norway · 1845–1932
Norway · 1804–1887
Norway · 1831–1892
Norway · 1889–1943
Artworks
Low Church Devotion
Adolph Tidemand · 1848
Leiv Eirikson discovering America
Christian Krohg · 1893
Self-portrait
Vincent van Gogh · 1889
Baldishol Tapestry
Sources
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