Vampire
Edvard Munch · 1893
Why it's great
A woman wraps her red hair and arms around a man, her head against his neck. Munch called it 'Love and Pain' at first. Other people thought it looked like a vampire, so the name stuck. It is one of his best-known works about the complexity of love.
Where to see it
📍 Munch MuseumOslo, Norway
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Edvard Munch was born in Norway and grew up in Christiania (now Oslo), in a family troubled by illness and loss. He traveled in Europe, especially Germany and France, and used paint to express anxiety, love and loneliness. His most famous work, 'The Scream', is among the best-known images ever. He spent his last decades at his estate Ekely near Oslo and died in 1944.
