Starting Nov. 15, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is hosting an exceptional exhibition dedicated to Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, who famously painted ?The Scream?. Edvard Munch (1863-1944) believed that his artistic breakthrough occurred around 1913 at the age of 50. Throughout his career, the Norwegian painter regularly revisited subjects from his earlier years. […]The post Edvard Munch Exhibit At The Metropolitan Museum of Art appeared first on Pursuitist.

Starting Nov. 15, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is hosting an exceptional exhibition dedicated to Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, who famously painted ?The Scream?.Edvard Munch (1863-1944) believed that his artistic breakthrough occurred around 1913 at the age of 50. Throughout his career, the Norwegian painter regularly revisited subjects from his earlier years. ?Self Portrait: Between the Clock and the Bed?, painted between 1940 and 1943, was one of his final such works and can be used to put the artist?s other works into perspective. The painting depicts the artist?s bedroom, with a door opening to the studio beyond, and Munch, emotionless, between the grandfather clock and the bed.In total, the show will feature 43 works, created over 60 years of his career, including 16 self-portraits and works that have never before been seen in the United States, these are: ?Lady in Black? (1891); ?Puberty? (1894); ?Jealousy? (1907); ?Death Struggle? (1915); ?Man with Bronchitis?(1920); ?Self-Portrai...