Edvard Munch 的Madonna
Madonna是Edvard Munch 的另一著名作品﹐曾和「吶喊」一起失竊。Edvard Munch的畫有個奇妙的地方﹐就是看過以後﹐畫裡律動的色彩和傳遞的強烈情感﹐不時在腦海裡盤旋﹐揮之不去。對於Madonna﹐畫家這樣解說﹕
"The pause during which the entire world halts in its orbit. Your face embodies all the beauty of the world. Your lips, as crimson as a ripe fruit, are half open as if to express pain. A corpse’s smile. Here life and death shake hands. The chain that links thousands of past generations to the thousands to come has been meshed." -Edvard Munch (1863年12月12日—1944年1月23日)
表現主義的作品很能衝擊人的內心。十九世紀﹐有一群畫家厭倦了純客觀地描繪景物﹐面對人生的錯綜複雜,他們選擇在線條和色彩裡注入更多主觀情感因素並加以發揮﹐因此更能觸動到觀者的情緒。他們被稱為表現主義。作為表現主義的先驅﹐Edvard Munch 講得很透徹﹕
"We want more than a mere photograph of nature. We do not want to paint pretty pictures to be hung on drawing-room walls. We want to create, or at least lay the foundations of, an art that gives something to humanity. An art that arrests and engages. An art created of one’s innermost heart." -Edvard Munch
"We should no longer paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. We should paint living people who breathe, feel, suffer and love" (我們將不再畫那些在室內讀報的男人和織毛線的女人。我們應該畫那些活著的人,他們呼吸、有感覺、遭受痛苦、並且相愛。) -Edvard Munch