Who created "The Sick Child I"?

The Sick Child I was created by Edvard Munch in 1896.

The Sick Child I

Q: What medium is "The Sick Child I"?

The Sick Child I is Transfer lithograph printed from two stones in pale blue and black ink on ivory wove paper.

Edvard Munch

1896

Medium

Transfer lithograph printed from two stones in pale blue and black ink on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 42 × 57.2 cm (16 9/16 × 22 9/16 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 63.5 cm (19 1/16 × 25 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

160144

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...

The Sick Child I

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