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The 1990s saw a revival of neo-expressive and neo-figurative painting, wherein the gestural properties of the medium itself again came to the fore. Its exponents worked in tune with tradition and with their attention focused on the expressive potentiality inherent in the medium of painting. That is to say, basic painterly questions were, once again, […]

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Barbara Kroll (Ger. 1960) Skizze (2016)

Hagiography, Adam Caldwell

1902 Edvard Munch Munch Museum, Oslo The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new epoch. Munch’s art from the 1890s is the most well known, but his later work is steadily attracting greater attention. For full biographical notes on Munch see Edvard Munch part 1- introduction. For earlier works see part 2 also. This is part 3 of a 20–part series of posts on the works of Edvard Munch: 1882-83 Andreas Reading oil on cardboard 36 x 29 cm Private Collection 1882-83 Dive at Veterland oil on cardboard 47 x 63.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1882-83 Head of a Boy oil on cardboard 40 x 27 cm Private Collection 1882-83 Man's Head with Beard oil on cardboard 43.5 x 35 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1882-83 Self-Portrait oil on cardboard 43.5 x 35.5 cm Bymuseet, Oslo 1882-83c Peter Andreas Reading oil on board 57 x 47 cm Private Collection 1882-84 The Errand Boy oil on cardboard 34.5 x 29 cm Private Collection 1882c From Saxegärdsgate oil on cardboard 35.5 x 55 cm Lillehammer Art Museum 1883 Andreas by the Window oil on canvas 50 x 41 cm Bergen Art Museum 1883 Andreas Reading oil on canvas 25.5 x 31 cm Private Collection 1883 Andreas Singdahlsen oil on canvas 45 x 34 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Around the Paraffin Lamp oil on panel 27 x 39.5 cm National art Museum, Oslo 1883 At the Coffee Table oil on canvas 45 x 77.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Christian Munch on the Couch oil on canvas 38.5 x 32.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Girl Kindling a Stove oil on canvas 96.5 x 66 cm Private Collection 1883 Head of an Old Man with Beard oil on cardboard 46 x 33 cm Private Collection 1883 Hjalmar Borgstrøm oil on cardboard 24.5 x 20 cm Private Collection 1883 Karen Bjølstad in the Rocking Chair oil on canvas 47.5 x 41 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Laura Munch oil on canvas 26 x 21 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Otto Linthoe oil on cardboard 62.5 x 49.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Study of a Head oil on canvas 60.5 x 46.5 cm National Art Museum, Oslo 1883 Street Corner on Karl Johan, Grand Cafe oil on canvas 36 x 28 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883 Study of a Man's Head oil on canvas 45 x 32 cm Private Collection 1883 Study of an Old Man's Head oil on canvas 35 x 24 cm Private Collection 1883 Study of an Old Man's Head oil on cardboard 44 x 35 cm Private Collection 1883-84 At Supper oil on canvas 49 x 59.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1883-84 Autumn in Asker oil on cardboard 37 x 62 cm Private Collection 1883-84 Landscape in Asker oil on cardboard 37 x 62 cm Private Collection 1883-84 Portrait of a Woman oil on cardboard 37.5 x 27.5 cm Private Collection 1883-94 The Dome of Trinity Church oil on cardboard 45.5 x 23.5 cm Private Collection 1884 Afternoon at Olaf Rye's Square oil on cardboard 47.5 x 25.5 cm Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1884 Christian Munch oil on cardboard 46 x 34 cm Private Collection 1884 Fence in the Forest oil on canvas 36.5 x 51.5 cm Private Collection 1884 Morning oil on canvas 96.5 x 103.5 cm Bergen Art Museum 1884 The Infirmary at Helgelandsmoen oil on cardboard 67 x 58.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1884 Two People on the Way to the Forest oil on canvas 34 x 55.5 cm Private Collection 1885 Andreas Munch oil on canvas 40 x 28.5 cm Private Collection 1885 Ball oil on panel 29 x 39 cm Private Collection 1885 Christian Munch with Pipe oil on canvas 37.5 x 28 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1885 Dagny Konow oil on canvas 50 x 35 cm Private Collection 1885 Girl's Head oil on canvas 34 x 28 cm Private Collection 1885 Jørgen Sørensen oil on canvas 36 x 31 cm National Art Museum, Oslo 1885 Portrait of the Painter Jensen Hjell oil on canvas 190 x 100 cm National Art Museum, Oslo 1885 Street in Winter oil on canvas 38 x 28 cm Private Collection 1885 Tête-à-Tête oil on canvas 66 x 76 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1885-86 Cabaret oil on cardboard 60 x 44 cm Stenersenmuseet, Oslo 1885-86 Frederik Lidemark oil on canvas 198 x 110 cm Private Collection 1885-86 Karen Bjølstad oil on canvas 29 x 22.2 cm Bergen Art Museum 1885-86 Klemens Stang oil on canvas 87.5 x 67.5 cm Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand 1885-86 Study of an Old Man oil on cardboard 31.5 x 22 cm Stenersenmuseet, Oslo 1885-86 The Sickroom oil on cardboard 60 x 44 cm Stenersenmuseet, Oslo 1885-86c Karl Johan oil on cardboard 36 x 42.5 cm Private Collection 1886 Afternoon Nap oil on cardboard 35 x 48 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1886 Andreas Munch Studying Anatomy oil on cardboard 62 x 74.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1886 From Hisøya near Arendal oil on canvas 42.5 x 63 cm Private Collection 1886 Girl at the Piano oil on canvas 36 x 31.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1985-86 to 1925 The Sick Child Munch revisited certain subjects in his paintings time and again throughout his life. I've decided to show these thematic works ensemble for the sake of comparison: 1885-86 The Sick Child oil on canvas Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo 1896 The Sick Child etching with drypoint 13 x 18.1 cm ( plate ) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1896 The Sick Child lithograph 42.2 x 57 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York 1896 The Sick Child lithograph in red, cherry and yellow with hand colouring on tan card Munch Museum, Oslo 1896 The Sick Child pastel on paper 42.8 x 57.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo 1896 The Sick Child oil on canvas 121.5 x 118.5 cm Göteborgs konstmuseum, Sweden 1907 The Sick Child oil on canvas 118.7 x 121 cm Tate, London 1925 The Sick Child oil on canvas 117 x 118 cm Munch Museum, Oslo

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