The painting being analyzed is called Evening on Karl Johan Street by Edvard Munch. This oil on canvas painting was produced in 1982. What the painting is portraying is a crowd of people walking on a street. The people’s faces seem to look skeleton like much like other works done by Munch such as the most well known painting called The Scream. The sky appears as if the sun has just set and the day has just moved on into the early evening. The background of the painting consists of building that appears to have lights turned on only on the upper level of the building. The background also consists of a tall rock or dirt structure. The faces in the crowd possess uninviting expressions and fearful stares. The figures appear as if they are walking
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The lines that are depicted clearly in this painting are only on the buildings and appear rough and jagged suggesting turmoil and anxiety. The lines are not only rough and jagged but are broken lines as well which is expressing a fleeting appearance. The lines regarding the figures are not prominent and blurred. The use of colour in this painting adds emphasis on the emotion that is being portrayed. The colours used for the background of the painting are lighter to contrast the darkness of colours used for the figures. The vivid deep colours used expresses the feelings of terror and panic. Munch’s use of subdued tones for the background captures the tranquility of the sun just setting, advancing on to the early night. The spacing of the individuals walking together is not present which creates a tight and claustrophobic sense. Munch has used informal balance for this painting creating a sense that the crowd of individuals outweighs the lonely individual walking in the opposite direction. The proportion in the painting does not create a harmonious sense as not only is the large crowd dominating the solitary individual, but the building and the tall rock or dirt structure is dominating the individual as well making the individual even more isolated and lonesome. The emphasis is most directed on the crowd and our attention is immediately drawn to them. Munch has deliberately avoided formal unity to create a sense of anxiety and
The lines that are depicted clearly in this painting are only on the buildings and appear rough and jagged suggesting turmoil and anxiety. The lines are not only rough and jagged but are broken lines as well which is expressing a fleeting appearance. The lines regarding the figures are not prominent and blurred. The use of colour in this painting adds emphasis on the emotion that is being portrayed. The colours used for the background of the painting are lighter to contrast the darkness of colours used for the figures. The vivid deep colours used expresses the feelings of terror and panic. Munch’s use of subdued tones for the background captures the tranquility of the sun just setting, advancing on to the early night. The spacing of the individuals walking together is not present which creates a tight and claustrophobic sense. Munch has used informal balance for this painting creating a sense that the crowd of individuals outweighs the lonely individual walking in the opposite direction. The proportion in the painting does not create a harmonious sense as not only is the large crowd dominating the solitary individual, but the building and the tall rock or dirt structure is dominating the individual as well making the individual even more isolated and lonesome. The emphasis is most directed on the crowd and our attention is immediately drawn to them. Munch has deliberately avoided formal unity to create a sense of anxiety and