Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) was a Norwegian
painter, who painted in a rather personal style hovering between
post-impressionism and expressionism. His best known work, The Scream
(1893), has become an iconic image, but I actually prefer many of his others. There are a few themes that are often recurring in Munch's oeuvre - the beach (with or without people) is one of them. This 1889 painting includes a model, Munch's youngest
sister. I first came across this image as a CD cover for songs by
Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in the version of Anne Sofie von Otter,
soprano, and Bengt Forsberg, piano.
Copyright statement: image in public domain.
