The Storm
Edvard Munch, Norwegian, 1863-1944, Oil on canvas.
There had indeed been a violent storm there that summer, but the painting does not appear to show it, or even its physical aftermath; the storm here is an inner one, a psychic distress. Munch's art suggests a transformation of personal memories and emotions into a realm of dream, myth, and enigma. His exposure to French Symbolist poetry during a stay in Paris had convinced him of the necessity for a more subjective art; there was no need. he said, for more paintings of "people who read and women who knit."
The storm maybe is a social revolution make those villager feel terrified. The storm maybe is a brain storm to make the artist afraid the change about his thought. Munch's feeling like those women that they use scream to express their fear.
Edvard Munch, Norwegian, 1863-1944, Oil on canvas.
There had indeed been a violent storm there that summer, but the painting does not appear to show it, or even its physical aftermath; the storm here is an inner one, a psychic distress. Munch's art suggests a transformation of personal memories and emotions into a realm of dream, myth, and enigma. His exposure to French Symbolist poetry during a stay in Paris had convinced him of the necessity for a more subjective art; there was no need. he said, for more paintings of "people who read and women who knit."
The storm maybe is a social revolution make those villager feel terrified. The storm maybe is a brain storm to make the artist afraid the change about his thought. Munch's feeling like those women that they use scream to express their fear.