Edvard Munch — "The strange light illuminated all those night-time meetings that took place in e…"

The strange light illuminated all those night-time meetings that took place in every imaginable sort of café; the lips mouthing defiant words, heedless of restraint or consequence, often overbearing and brutal as only Norwegians can be, vast shadows of impotence misery and shabbiness – spirits training for fulfillment, striving in vain to be great, complete, unique.
Edvard Munch — Edvard Munch Modern · The Scream

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A descriptive and somewhat cynical observation of the Norwegian bohemian scene in Kristiania (Oslo) in his youth.

Date: Approx. 1886-1889

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