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The Scream

An agonized figure is depicted against a blood red Oslofjord skyline in Edvard Munch's Scream (1893), National Gallery, Oslo.

Scream (Skrik, 1893) is a seminal series of expressionist paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It is said by some to symbolize the human species overwhelmed by an attack of existential angst. The landscape in the background is Oslofjord, viewed from the hill of Ekeberg. The Norwegian word skrik is usually translated as "scream", but is cognate with the English shriek. Occasionally, the painting has been called The Cry.

A (66 x 83.5 cm) version of this piece appears in the Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway (see gallery), and an oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard (measuring 91 x 73.5 cm) in the National Gallery of Norway (shown to right). A third version is also owned by the Munch Museum, and a fourth is owned by Norwegian billionaire Petter Olsen. Munch later also translated the picture into a lithograph (see gallery), so the image could be reproduced in reviews all over the world. Since 1994, two separate versions of Scream have been stolen by art thieves, but both were eventually recovered.


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    The Scream in the news

    Shot from the police car's dashboard, the grainy video captures a Duluth officer yanking a woman from her car by her hair. He looms over her, screaming inches from her face as she cries in the street. The video, discovered by Duluth police brass, cost the officer his job. This week, it will be a Gwinnett grand jury's turn to pass judgment.

    In an effort to find a personal assistant, Diddy is urging prospective employees to send in a video application.In the one-minute clip, Diddy sits at his desk in his New York City office and encourages fans to apply for the gig online. “What better job than to have me scream at you, go crazy, keep you up late hours, have you sleep deprived?”

    If you've ever felt your heart skip a beat after being screamed at by your boss, it may be more than just your imagination.






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