NOT a seller

So far as I know, Edvard Munch was not thinking about real estate when he painted The Scream in 1891, which was in the news this week because the painting – which had been stolen off a museum wall last year – has been recovered and will again be displayed shortly.

 
 Interesting theory about The Scream
Munch painted this years after the 1883 volcano explosion at Krakatoa, west of Java. There were vivid and unusual red twilights in Norway from November 1883 through February 1884, caused by the dust and gases expelled by the explosion into the atmosphere, which Munch has said he observed with great emotion. The connection was made in Sky & Telescope magazine in February 2004.
 
Very cool. Nothing to do with Manhattan lofts, but very cool.
 
© Sandy Mattingly 2006
 
Tagged with:

Leave a Reply