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Evening. Melancholy I

Artist
Edvard Munch, Norwegian, 1863–1944
Date
1896–1901
Material
Color woodcut with gouges, chisel and fretsaw
made in
Norway, Europe
Classification
Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm)
sheet: 16 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. (42.9 x 51.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard K. Weil by exchange
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
100:1957
NOTES
A brooding man’s face and hands float in the inky black of night. Made from a hand-carved block of wood, this print shows rough gouges and wood grain, techniques Norwegian Edvard Munch used to strengthen his art’s psychological intensity. Members of the German artist group Die Brücke (The Bridge) imitated Munch’s techniques in their early woodcuts, prompting a critic in 1908 to describe the young artists as “spirits who band together around Munch.”

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