Edvard Munch

(Norwegian, 1863–1944)

Room Paintings holds one painting by Edvard Munch, from the Art Institute of Chicago. It dates from 1893. We file it under Expressionism. Its subjects are children, interiors and night. It suits the apartment or dorm and bedroom.

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Art Institute of Chicago 1

The painting

Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain.

Edvard Munch The Girl by the Window, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago