Landscape with Tree Trunk
1922-1924
Medium
purple crayon on wove paper (sketchbook page)
Dimensions
sheet: 10.2 x 13.6 cm (4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Epstein Family Collection
Accession Number
2011.84.4
Art Historical Context
Edvard Munch, the Norwegian artist renowned for his emotionally charged Expressionist works like *The Scream*, created *Landscape with Tree Trunk* between 1922 and 1924. By this later stage in his career, Munch had returned to his native Norway and often turned to intimate studies of the natural world. This small drawing captures a quiet, solitary scene, reflecting his ongoing fascination with landscape as a vehicle for personal expression during a period of relative seclusion. Executed in purple crayon on a modest sketchbook page measuring just 10.2 by 13.6 centimeters, the work highlights M...
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...