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Despair
by Edvard Munch
StyleExpressionism
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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.
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About 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.
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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