No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
The Scream
A declaration of his artistic shift towards emotional and psychological themes, moving away from conventional genre scenes.
1889 ('St. Cloud Manifesto')
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"I have created my art as a necessity, as an expression of my innermost being."
Controversial"And I would often wake up at night and stare widely into the room: Am I in Hell?"
Strange & Unusual"The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men."
Strange & Unusual"I am not interested in painting pretty pictures."
Controversial"The trees are like spectres, the sky is like a bleeding wound."
Strange & Unusual