Edvard Munch's The Scream is much like that of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings looked in the sense that they are very distraught, chaotic, and make a viewer feel uneasy. This being an expressionist piece of art, this painting would be depicting Munch's own personal state of mind. Munch was also like Van Gogh in that they were both stricken by panic attacks and had anxiety problems worse than the normal human being. The fact that they both made such similar kinds of paintings makes us have to wonder if they had been treated for their mental illnesses, would they have still made theses master pieces of art? If their view of the world had been like that of a person who was not affected by mental disorders, would their art have remained the same?
A poem written by Sonya Florentino named after the painting The Scream talks about being a deaf-mute where the air is silent, and trying to scream, but nothing comes out. This is something a viewer could feel when they look at this painting. Like Munch was trying to scream and cry for help, but nobody could hear him. His cries did him no good and nobody could help him. This painting looks like a cry for someone to save him.
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