Did You Know The Tragic Story Of The Scream?

Today, hundreds of people wait in line for hours to see themselves. table exists. Since these works find a lot of space in the media, almost everyone is familiar with them. But very few of us are the ones who develop behind the works and almost complement We dominate the experiences that are characteristic of them.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, we convey the details and stories of famous drawings to you. We’ve come across every corner of the internet before. of the Kanagawa Wave and we have told you the details of Christina’s World. now Scream to the table we are looking.

In this work, which includes a character with an open mouth and is called Scream, things are different from what they seem.

‘Cause here the figure staring at us, devastated not screaming. On the contrary, he hears another scream and closes his ears against it. trying to protect.

We’ll get to the basis of this in a moment, but first Edvard Munch work created by to the details Let’s take a look.

There are simply 3 elements in front of us.

We can show them as sky, fjord and bridge. At least on the back sides of the bridge a realistic image We see that the rest of the table is filled with unreal items.

Red, orange, blue and yellow in the sky entanglement draws attention. In the fjord, if you look carefully, you can see the ships behind.

On the bridge, on the other hand, the one who looks directly at us and whose shape is almost bent and blended into the background. main character and in the background, who doesn’t seem to know much about our main character. two figures there is.

There is also an article in the corner of this work, the mystery of which was solved years later.

• Infrared camera view of the text hidden in the work

“Just a madman can be drawn by” (Can only be painted by a madmanWe can translate this text into our language.

He quoted Munch in the first place. someone who doesn’t like thought to be written. But after a while, it’s Munch who wrote this itself turned out to be.

The reason for this is that Munch’s understanding of art has been criticized by critics. constant deterioration and shown to be humiliating.

As a result, it is thought that the artist added such an ironic expression to the painting. because mental problemswas Munch’s nightmare, and such stigmas did not bother him.

But then we can say he embraced it

From here the artist to your life we pass. This part is important because the whole meaning of the work in question hidden here.

munch, in 1863 He was born in Norway. Life in the 1800s and 1900s was deepening the divide between rich and poor because of the incredibly rapid development of technology.

In this context, the rich adding to his wealth the poor were just looking for something to hold on to, and life in this context is very difficult for the vast majority of the population. it was hard.

But Munch had much bigger problems to deal with.

Firstly munchcontinuously since birth with diseases was struggling. It’s worth remembering that the late 1800s and 1900s were when even a small tuberculosis could be fatal.

Unfortunately, due to tuberculosis, Munch also lost loved ones at an early age. at the age of 5 His mother and sister died when he was 14 years old.

• Illustration of The Sick Child depicting Munch’s sister, Sophie, who died of tuberculosis

To your other sister schizophrenia He was diagnosed and admitted to a mental hospital. Her brother Although he managed to become a doctor and reach the age of 30, he also died due to pneumonia.

At a time when it was already difficult to catch up with the pace of life, he also had to deal with them.

• Christian Munch on the Couch

munch’s his father’sHe is known for telling ghost stories to children in his mother’s absence. The fact that family members face mental problems and lose their lives also makes Munch quite aware of mental problems. frightened.

Speaking of his father…

• Munch’s father sketch (Christian Munch with a Pipe)

Munch’s father was also suffering from severe depression. Besides, in a dark was religious and for a moment to make Munch turn to painting. did not support.

In addition, what happened to the family members was also given to those who were rewarded for such sins. penalties referred to as.

Of course, someone would have to show up and guide Munch, who had grown up in so much confusion.

That person is also a member of the Kristiania Bohemians group. Hans jaeger it happened. He told Munch that he needed to step out of the conventional understanding of art of the time.

Besides, there is a is an activist itself. The aim of the group to which he is involved is roughly, to the bourgeois of the time, in many areas in which he is involved in his art.take off those blinders” meant.

After this point, the artist hard brush strokes and its intense transference of emotion was harshly criticized by the wealthy of the time. But Munch continued down this road.

After some ups and downs, our path now crosses with the Scream.

• Starry Night (Vincent Van Gogh)

Munch in 1889 for 3 years settled in France and here he was exposed to the current of impressionism. In this movement, the moment in the image is expressed by the use, transition and brush strokes of light and colors. Scream We can see this in his work.

except France in Germany He also received significant criticism that influenced his career.

He created The Frieze of Life collection, which also includes The Scream, here in France.

• Melancholy (from The Frieze of Life collection)

in the collection 22 works Of course, we will not pile it here. But let’s explain the purpose of the collection.

Love in this collection anxiety and themes such as death. You can also see the experience in the works in the collection.

Scream is only one of these works that tells about the events that took place.

Munch produced ‘The Scream’ in 1893. in your diary January 22, 1892 Everything will become clear in our minds when we listen to the following article dated:

“I was walking down the road with two of my friends as the sun was setting. Suddenly, the sky turned blood red. My friends kept walking, while I stood there anxiously, as if from nature, strong and endless. a scream I felt like I was passing”

how loud is this scream whether it is true We won’t know, but it’s clear that he had a profound effect on Munch.

Because of this part taken from the diary, the figure in the middle is believed to represent Munch.

So why did he draw such a flat character and not himself directly?

There is no common truth for this, but the great majority agree (and personally There is an opinion that I agree with.

According to this idea, Munch describes this character, which does not show any signs of gender and lacks many distinctive human characteristics, that feelings such as anxiety do not belong only to himself or to a certain group, people from everywhere used it to show that he could face it.

In other words, we can say that he chose such a character in order to show the universality of emotions such as anxiety, pressure, fear and love. Of course, different inferences can be made.

In addition, Munch did, lots of people It is possible to come across facial expressions like this in the paintings in which he is present.

Because we are all in the crowd, no matter the time. we can feel alone. When this feeling of loneliness is combined with different emotions, a state of alienation occurs in the mind, as in Munch’s works.

That is, our minds are detached from the people around us and blends into our environment. If you look carefully at the head of the main character in The Scream, you can see that he is following a direction towards the current. up to the sky You can notice it’s gone. Just like in the case we mentioned.

A few interesting facts about the work and the artist:

• full of scream 4 different versions exists. The reason for this is that the artist wanted to donate his collection of The Frieze of Life to a museum in Oslo after his death. For this reason, he created different versions of the same works at different times and always kept the collection ‘complete’.
• Two of these 4 versions were previously it was stolen and recovered again.
• Of these versions drawn with different techniques, the one drawn with pastel was almost in 2012. 120 million dollars sold at auction.
• Munch’s works are not tolerated in Nazi Germany and are in exhibitions. was not displayed.
• But he died in 1944 and the fact that the Nazis made his funeral (Norway was under German rule at that time) brought some doubts. But this was done by the Nazis to tarnish his image. especially made it is said.
• Already your artdegenerate‘, it’s strange enough that this group is holding a funeral for Munch’s sake.
• Unfortunately, he did not see the salvation of his country from the Nazi scourge.

What are your thoughts about the work? You can share your ideas in the comment section.

• resources: Smart History, Great Art Explained, EdvardMunch.org, Mozart Cultures, Tidsskriftet, CNN, Sue Prideaux, Totally History, Sons of Norway, Britannica, MUNCH
• Visual Resources: Smart History, The Story of Art