Where Is Despair? See It at Munch Museum

Q: Where is Despair?

You can see it at Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Edvard Munch created it. Edvard Munch painted "Despair," an early version of the composition that would become The Scream.

Q: Who painted Despair?

Edvard Munch, the Norwegian Expressionist painter You can see it at Munch Museum. Edvard Munch painted "Despair," an early version of the composition that would become The Scream.

Q: How does Despair relate to The Scream?

Munch painted Despair as an earlier version of the same experience that became The Scream. Both depict a figure on a bridge with a blood-red sky, but Despair shows a more subdued emotional state.

Edvard Munch executed this "Despair," an early version of the composition that would become The Scream. A figure stands on a pier with a blood-red sky swirling behind him.

This work explores Munch's recurring themes of anxiety and alienation. It's at the Munch Museum in Oslo.

You can see it at Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Edvard Munch created it. Edvard Munch painted "Despair," an early version of the composition that would become The Scream.

Edvard Munch, the Norwegian Expressionist painter You can see it at Munch Museum. Edvard Munch painted "Despair," an early version of the composition that would become The Scream.

Munch painted Despair as an earlier version of the same experience that became The Scream. Both depict a figure on a bridge with a blood-red sky, but Despair shows a more subdued emotional state.

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