What Is The Meaning Of The Scream

“Without fear and illness, I could have never accomplished all I have.” Fearing his father, and losing his mother and sister from tuberculosis. Through his life there were many incident that scared him. This is what he painted for, he painted his life. The Scream is his most famous painting, Munch painted this after he experienced of a scream piercing through through nature while on a walk. The Scream is extremely intricate, scary and mysterious. Red and orange are his colors of choice and he emphasizes a lot in the painting. The Scream painted by Edvard Munch in 1893. This was painted at the end of the nineteenth century during a transitional period in art history. Munch used art to express his inner thoughts, feelings and emotions. Munch was one who paved the way for expressionism and some progressive modern art. There is a definite story behind his painting. "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous infinite scream of nature." Some say that the whole story was just in his head because of his mental …show more content…
He also uses oil crayons that have either beeswax or japanese wax in them. Most of his paintings are only a few layers of paint. He painted on many things. He used canvas most of the time but when he ran out he would paint on bed sheets and he actually painted The Scream on a piece of cardboard. He made two oil paintings, two pastels and lots of prints of this painting. He used bright and bold colors but at the same time gave them a depressing meaning. He used lots of red and orange shades in this painting and in most others. Munch used swirls in his this painting, it emphasizes more throughout