D.L. Stewart: Screams rise above the din as forms of expression Sep 15, 2009
More than a century ago, Edvard Munch turned it into a visual art form and variations of his cheerful little paintings can be found in museums around the world, although you probably wouldn't want to hang one in a day care center or a facility for the clinically depressed. Elvis and the Beatles heard their share of screams. (Florida Today)
Top Ten Museums in Paris Jul 31, 2009
There is also an Incan mummy which has been cited as the inspiration for the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch. For lunch, the restaurant has a great view with the Eiffel tower in the background. (Suite101.com)
Suit stemming from Richmond shooting dismissed Jul 11, 2009
A Norwegian court has convicted a man of involvement in the 2004 theft of Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna.". The Oslo Court of Appeals sentenced Bjoren Hoen to two and a half years in prison. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Peter Schjeldahl: James Ensor’s irreality. Jun 29, 2009
The writer considers the Belgian Ensor (1860-1949) Edvard Munch s peer, a fugitive shooting star of the Northern European fin de si. cle. (New Yorker)
Theft of Picasso sketchbook 'amateurish' Jun 18, 2009
The sketchbook was removed from a locked glass case using special tools - a crime with echoes of the theft of other work by notable artists, including Edvard Munch and J.M.W. Turner, from European museums. Paris detectives are investigating the theft of the sketchbook, which included 33 pencil drawings dated from 1917 to 1924. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great? May 24, 2009
In literature, such writers as J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver routinely suffer such a fate, while in art, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, and Vincent Van Gogh are perhaps the classic cases. Francis Bacon, too, belongs in this category. (Boston Globe)
Virginia Deknatel, collector of art, museum benefactor Apr 18, 2009
"Frederick Deknatel taught at Harvard for some 40 years, where he became the William Door Boardman professor. His writings on the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were among the first significant assessments in English of his work.With her husband, Mrs. Deknatel began collecting works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Paul Klee, Eugene Delacroix, and Emile Nolde. Mrs. Deknatel also purchased sculptures by Henry Moore, prints and drawings by Jasper Johns, along with prints and... (Boston Globe)
BVHS art classes travel to Chicago Apr 16, 2009
Art 3 and 4 students were able to view the special exhibit ;Becoming Edvard Munch, Influence, Anxiety, and Myth. . (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Art, Genius and Madness Exhibit in ... Apr 12, 2009
Starry Night, by Edvard Munch, 1922-24. Portrait of Erna (aka Kopf Erna), by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917. (Suite101.com)
HCCA bus trip Feb 28, 2009
There is an optional lunch at the Stock Exchange Trading Room at the AIC. After lunch, a self-guided tour of Edvard Munch exhibit will be available for with an AIC membership card. Bus pick-up will be available in Peru, Ottawa and Morris. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Contemporary Perspectives: A Collective Exhibition Feb 9, 2009
"D. Loren Champlin's works explore the textures of the human body in forms that move beyond naturalism to expressionist virtuosity. Through brushwork that is bold as well as detailed, Loren's portraits, landscapes and abstracts express a powerful and sensitive empathy for the human condition and our place in the universe. Like fellow Norwegian Edvard Munch, Loren's subjects are often surrounded by emotionally resonant eddies of color, light and shadow which inject his vivid paintings with... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Marlene Dumas retrospective. Feb 8, 2009
I became fascinated by the refusal of Dumas s art to let me admire it, despite passages of whiplash drawing worthy of Edvard Munch and a quakingly tender way with incidental colors (pinks, creams, turquoise). The art historian Richard Shiff s surprising comparison, in the show s catalogue, of Dumas s method with that of Willem de Kooning adds up. (New Yorker)
