The Scream

The Story

Edvard Munch is a leading figure of Expressionism, whose extreme expression of emotion had a great influence on modern art. His masterpiece "The Scream" expresses existential anxiety and psychological turmoil through intense color and line, and is regarded as an important work crossing the boundary between Symbolism and Expressionism in art history. This work sold for hundreds of millions of dollars at a 2012 Sotheby's New York auction, proving its high value in the art market. Munch's work is not a simple image but an attempt to visually reveal human inner emotion, a work carrying both artistic experimentation and emotional depth at once.