Friday, February 10, 2012

Schirn Kunsthalle presents a major exhibition dedicated to Edvard Munch

The Unknown Sides of Edvard Munch
Feb. 9-May 13, 2012

Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is acclaimed for his emotional Symbolist painting and regarded as a pioneer of Expressionism. The exhibition in the Schirn, which has been prepared together with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, offers a new view of his work: Edvard Munch was a modern artist to his core – thus the hypothesis of the show that comprises about one hundred and thirty works. “Edvard Munch. The Modern Eye” gives the little-researched late work until 1944 special emphasis and proves that Munch was not only an artist of the nineteenth, but also of the twentieth century. To read the entire article click here.

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