The Scream

Painting · 1893 · Kristiania (Oslo) · Europe

Anxiety made visible, the prototype of Expressionism and a global icon of dread

Author: Edvard Munch
Style: Expressionism — Not how the world looks but how it feels: anguish turned outward in distorted form and raw colour
Century: 19th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1889 The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh · Post-Impressionism · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
1872 Impression, Sunrise — Claude Monet · Impressionism · Le Havre
1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
1865–1869 War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy · Realism · Yasnaya Polyana
1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
1893–1894 Hôtel Tassel — Victor Horta · Art Nouveau · Brussels