Dr. Max Linde
1902
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 21.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 50.2 cm (27 × 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
93404
Art Historical Context
Edvard Munch's *Dr. Max Linde* (1902) is a striking lithograph portrait capturing the German physician and avid art collector Max Linde, a key patron who supported the Norwegian artist during his time in Germany. Created amid Munch's prolific printmaking phase, this work reflects his Expressionist style, emphasizing emotional intensity and psychological depth over mere likeness. Munch, famed for *The Scream*, often portrayed friends and collectors like Linde, producing multiple images of him and his family that year in Lübeck. Rendered in black ink on paper, the lithograph measures 29.5 × 21....
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...