Munch at The Met Breuer

Sick Mood at Sunset, Despair.
Edvard Munch


This painting is a more literal depiction of the event that influenced his most famous painting, The Scream.


“I was walking down the road with two friends – the sun was setting. – I felt a waft of melancholia – Suddenly the sky turned red. I stopped, leant against the railing, tired to death [...] – I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed a great, infinite scream through nature –”