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Part of a group that included his dealer Léopold Zborowski and his young lover Jeanne Hébuterne

terror and despair

Birds and winged animals

red-orange earth

also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

The Scream (1893) ☵ Munch ☲ Canvas celestial Part of a group thatThe Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch is one of the most iconic images in art, symbolizing anxiety, surprise, shock, terror and despair. The Norwegian name is Skrik (Scream), and the German title when first exhibited was Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature). Munch recalled going for a walk at sunset when suddenly the setting sun turned the clouds "a blood red" and he sensed an "infinite scream passing through nature." Munch created two versions in