Despair ☵ Munch ☳ Art Print jungle and The Scream are only

and The Scream are only a few of Munch's many depictions of that experience

and a woman and child walk down a path to the bank

allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene as either of the two

was originally called The White Girl

Patience Escalier

Despair ☵ Munch ☳ Art Print jungle and The Scream are onlyDespair (1894) by Edvard Munch is one of several works of similar composition depicting the Oslo fjord, the most famous of which being The Scream. The works relate back to a very strong experience of his when going for a walk at sunset. The setting sun suddenly turned the clouds red: "the sunset was particularly vivid red, red as blood, coagulated like blood." Despair, Anxiety, and The Scream are only a few of Munch's many depictions of that