Where is the painting Munch's Scream? Nowadays it has become just as famous as the Mona Lisa, Guernica or The Lord's Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, the Scream is Munch's best-known painting and the most reproduced painting in the world. Many of us would like to discover the original painting of this fascinating work but do not know where the painting The Scream is located.
Well, below I reveal to you in which country and in which museum the painting The Scream by Munch in 2024 is located. I also share with you my advice for visiting this painting in the best conditions and understanding all the details. and symbols.
Who made the painting the cry?
The painting The Scream (or Skrik in Norwegian or The Scream in English) was made by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. In fact, it is not 1 painting but 4 different versions of The Scream painting that Edvard Munch painted between 1893 and 1917 (+ 1 littography).
These 4 versions of the Scream were stolen and found several times between 1994 and 2004. Now let's see where the 4 paintings are in 2024.
Where is the painting the cry?
Munch's The Scream painting is in Oslo, Norway. : 2 original versions of this painting can be visited in two different museums in Oslo, 1 pastel version is also kept in one of these museums and 1 version was sold to a private individual.
Indeed, in New York in 2012, an original version of the painting the cry was sold at auction to Norwegian billionaire Petter Olsen for the amount of 120 million dollars.
Where to see Munch's Scream in 2024?
Since June 11, 2022, the painting Le Cri has been in the new National Museum in Oslo which is called Nasjonalmuseet in Norwegian.
This museum has reserved a room entirely dedicated to Edvard Munch where the painting The Scream will be exhibited as well as other great masterpieces of the artist such as the Madonna (1894-1895), The Dance of Life (1899-1900 ) or Self-portrait with a cigarette (1895).
What is the story of the Scream?
Edvard Munch's inspiration for making The Scream most likely comes from his daily life. Indeed, at the time he was working on the painting the Scream, he lived in Oslo near a mental asylum where his sister lived. The scary and horrified side of the character is said to refer to his bipolar disorder and mental illnesses.
On the other hand, Munch explained that he had found inspiration one day on a path near a fjord and suddenly felt a scream pass "through nature", a kind of primal howl. And that he almost seemed to have heard it with his ears. Here are the words he used (found in his diary of January 22, 1892):
“I was walking on a path with two friends, the sun was setting, suddenly the sky turned blood red, I stopped, tired, and leaned on a fence; There was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord of the city; My friends continued, and I stayed there, shaking with anxiety. I felt an infinite scream that was going through the universe and tearing nature apart. »