Park in Kösen
1906
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
70,5 × 81 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
1858
About this artwork
Dargestellt ist der Kurpark von Bad Kösen bei Naumburg an der Saale. Munch war 1906-07 zur Heilung seines Nervenleidens in Bad Kösen zur Kur.
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...