Anxiety
Edvard Munch
1896
Medium
Woodcut in black ink on lightweight ivory laid proofing paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.3 × 37.5 cm (18 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 49.1 × 39.2 cm (19 3/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79346
About the Artist
Edvard Munch · 1863–1944
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely psychological works made him a pioneer of Expressionism and one of the most influential artists of the modern era. His 1893 masterpiece 'The Scream' has become an iconic symbol of existential anxiety. Munch's art was profoundly shaped by personal tragedy—his mother died when he was five, his beloved sister Sophie at fo...