The following expression, I believe everyone must have used it when chatting.
So, do you know who the originator of this magic meme is?
It is from the masterpiece "Scream" by the Norwegian expressionist master Edward Munch.
The Scream [Author] Edward Munch [Date] 1893 [Size] 83.5*66cm [Category] Tempera on Paper [Collection] Munch Museum in Oslo
【Introduction】
The subject of the painting is a person screaming with his cheeks covered, the background is very abstract, there is no obvious outline, and the painter uses lines of different thicknesses to depict the fiery red sky, the deep blue fjord and the brown road. All the lines seem to converge on the person in the center of the picture who shouts for help, as if this person is constantly emitting fear and pain, which makes people feel uneasy when they see it.
In fact, Munch created a total of four Screams. The composition of these four works is similar: a bridge, a river, people on the bridge, boats on the river. The earliest and latest paintings were separated by 17 years. Of the four "Screams", the most famous and well-known is the second edition of "The Scream" introduced in this issue in 1893.
However, the most special thing is the third edition created in 1895. Munch transforms two people who were walking side by side at a distance into the position of one of them leaning against a railing, and the frame is engraved with a poem written by Munch. Perhaps because of this small difference, the painting was in a private collection in 2012 for $119 million, while the rest is kept in the museum.
The third edition of The Scream in 1895 is now in private collections
The address in the painting is located in the Oslo Fjord in southeastern Norway, and Munch recalled in his diary that he was walking near the fjord with two friends that day, when he suddenly saw that the sky was stained blood red by the setting sun, and he felt as if a scream crossed his eardrum, and he stopped and trembled uneasily, falling far behind the two friends.
Edward Munch
According to people's analysis, the reason why Munch's paintings have such a strong feeling of depression and even fear is mainly due to the successive deaths of his family members.
Since childhood, Munch has been dealing with death and disease non-stop. When he was 5 years old, his mother died of lung disease, and when he was 15 years old, his sister, who was a year older than him, also died of lung disease. Later, his sister also suffered from schizophrenia, and even Munch himself almost lost his life from tuberculosis. Such an experience makes Munch's paintings mostly based on the themes of life, love and death, showing strong personal feelings.
The Sick Child
Death in the Ward
"In front of the Window of Death"
The sister story of The Scream – Despair and Worry
"Scream", "Despair" and "Worry" are all filmed in the Oslo Fjord, and all depict the state of mind of Munch and his friends on January 22, 1892, which shows that the psychological shock caused by Munch's sight of the sunset in the fjord at that time was very intense.
Desperate was created in 1892 before The Scream and consists of two works.
"Despair"
"Despair" is very similar to "Scream", whether it is the blood-colored sky, the blue-green lake and landscape, or the three people on the bridge. Perhaps the creation of "Despair" inspired Munch, and a year later Munch created the world-famous "Scream".
Apprehension, 1894
In Worry, Munch represents a group of "walking dead" people, both men and young girls, and the blood-red sky and the dead gray face form a strong contrast, rendering a kind of group uneasiness, which is an extension of Munch's personal uneasiness and fear in "The Scream".
Each of Munch's paintings conveys his strong sense of survival and death. In his works, the details of the specific object being depicted are simplified, while the emotion is exaggerated, and the object itself becomes a vehicle for the emotion to be expressed. This subjective representation of idealism and impropriation gave a decisive influence to later expressionism.
Today, "Scream" not only provides us with memes, but also provides funny materials for the majority of netizens, let's take a look at how big the human brain hole can be!
Pop's Version of Scream
Simpson's Version of The Scream
Pikachu's version of The Scream
【Painter Profile】
Edward Munch (1863–1944) was a pioneer of Expressionist art in the 20th century. Born in Norway, his parents died in childhood. In 1879, Munch studied at a engineering college, but dropped out of school due to illness. In 1881, he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art and Design in Oslo. In 1885, he went to Paris. In 1892, Munch accepted an invitation to participate in the exhibition of the Berlin Artists' Union, and his paintings became the object of bitter controversy, forming a synthesis of primitive paintings with his own style.