Summer With Edvard Munch - The Series of BATHING MEN
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Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
SUMMER WITH EDVARD MUNCH
Edvard Munch series of BATHING MEN
SUNRISE
"I saw the sun rise over the cliffs – I painted the sun."
- Edvard Munch
One can almost feel the life-giving force of the sunbeams on one’s body when encountering Munch’s monumental masterpiece The Sun, which depicts a glowing sunrise over the Norwegian coast. In the first part of this film you can learn more about the symbolism of The Sun and the endeavours Munch undertook when creating this forceful motif.
Edvard Munch: The Sun, 1910–11. Oil on canvas. Photo © Munchmuseet.
DAYTIME
"I swim so much that webbing is growing between my fingers."
- Edvard Munch
After a rough period in Edvard Munch’s life, he developed an interest in Vitalism, a school of scientific thought that promoted health, hygiene and physical education. Swimming in the the sea and being naked was considered purifying. Simple living and a reconnection with nature was idealized, embrazing a more natural and holistic approach to life, which is reflected in artworks like Bathing Young Men (1904). Munch observes and paints life, with "... living people who breathe, feel, suffer, and love."
Bathing Boys, 1894
Bathing Women, 1896-1898
Bathing Boys, 1897-1898
Bathing Boys, 1897 - 1899
Bathing Boys, 1897 - 1899
Bathing Girls, 1897-1899
Bathiing Children, 1897-1899
Bathing Boys, 1904-1905
Bathing Young Men, 1904
Bathing Young Men 1, 1904
Edvard Munch - Bathing Men (Ateneum), 1907-1908. 206cm height, 227.5cm width
Bathing Men, 1907
Bathing Men, 1907
Bathing Men, 1907
Astronomy, History and Geography, 1909
Astronomy 1909
The Tree of Life, 1910
The Tree of Life, Right part, 1910
The Tree of Life, Left part, 1910
The Sun and Awakening Nude Men, 1910-1911
Men Turning towards the Sun Men Turning towards the Sun, 1911-1914
Bathing Women and Children, 1912-1915
Bathing Men, 1913-1915
Bathing Women by A Red Cliff, 1914-1915
Bathing Men on The Rocks, 1915
Naked Man on The Rock, 1915 
Bathing Men on the Rocks, 1915
Bathing Men, 1915
Standing Naked African, 1916
Bathing Men, 1918
Bathing Men, 1918
Bathing Men, 1918
War, 1918-1919
Bathing Men in Landscape, 1919-1925
Naked Men in Landscape, 1919-1925
Naked Men in Landscape, 1919-1925
Naked Men in Baths, 1919-1925
Naked Men in Baths, 1919-1925
Naked Men in The Woods, 1919-1925
Bathing Men in the Swimming Pool, 1923
Naked Figures and Sun, 1924-1925
Naked Man and Woman, Seated, 1924-1925
Naked Man and Woman, Walking. 1924-1930
Bathing Men, 1926-1930
Bathing Men, 1929
Bathing Men, 1929-1930
