Workers in the Snow
1912
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
framed: 100.97 × 80.01 cm (39 3/4 × 31 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Epstein Family Collection
Accession Number
2024.148.17
Art Historical Context
Edvard Munch's *Workers in the Snow*1912) captures a poignant moment of human endurance amid harsh winter conditions. This lithograph depicts a group of laborers trudging through deep snow, their figures bent against the wind, evoking themes of toil and isolation that resonate with Munch's lifelong fascination with the human condition. Best known for his iconic *The Scream*, the Norwegian artist was a pioneer of Expressionism, using distorted forms and intense emotions to convey inner psychological states rather than mere realism. Printed as a lithograph—a technique Munch mastered to produce ...
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...