Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth
This first exhibition of landscapes by Edvard Munch focuses on his approach to nature.
On the one hand, Edvard Munch viewed nature as a cyclically self-renewing power; on the other, he saw it as a reflection of his own inner turmoil. Munch developed a pantheistic understanding of nature, which he projected onto the forests and coasts of Norway. The dramatic weather depicted in his paintings is especially striking in light of the current climate crisis.
Private Collection
Edvard Munch, Summer Night by the Beach, 1902/03
The exhibition brings together around ninety loans from institutions including the Munchmuseet, Oslo, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth is co-organized by the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany; and Munchmuseet, Oslo, Norway.
From September 15, 2023 to January 22, 2024, the Berlinische Galerie will present the exhibition Magic of the North. Edvard Munch in Berlin.