Category Archives: Expressionism

The Sick Child by Edvard Munch

This painting is a painful memory of Munch's family suffered in his childhood, and it depicts the scene of his 15-year-old sister Sophia got sick. Although she hadn't lost her childish temperament, she was thin and pale for tortured by … Continue reading

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The Room by Balthus

Balthus devoted his whole life in figure painting and was committed to restoring the realistic style of figure’s body, and gave them the conciseness and everlasting feeling. The theme that Balthus liked was the adolescent boys and girls, portraying them … Continue reading

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Artistic appreciation for The Scream

In this painting, The Scream, there was no specific image to suggest the horror of the scream. The central image in the painting made people’s hair standing on end. He seemed to pass by and turn to the rail stretching far … Continue reading

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Expressionism in Art: Vampire by Edvard Munch

Vampire was made between 1893 and 1894. Although Edvard Munch himself insisted that what he painted was just a redheaded woman kissing a man's neck, because the woman’s face was unknown and hair’s color was like blood, the man’s attitude was painful, … Continue reading

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