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The Sun 1910-1913 - Edvard Munch - Hallway Wall Art suits both traditional and modern interiors. As a fine art oil painting, it works as a standalone focal point or as part of a hallway gallery wall, and unlike a print it is genuinely hand painted in oils.
1910-1913
Oil on canvas
162 cm (63.78 in.) x 205 cm (80.71 in.)
Munch-museet, Oslo, Norway.
This vision of the sun may seem both very close and remote, aloof yet deeply personal, welcoming and intimidating. One thing is certain: the dominance of the star in this mythical landscape is overwhelming, and it will affect the viewer in one of these ways or another.
As was often his custom, Edvard Munch created several versions of the piece, all derived from a similar premise; he varied the colors, sometimes dramatically, to run a gamut of effects. Often psychological, here these effects can also assume the straightforward meaning of a landscape changing during the time of day.
It is a violent image - the rays cut and slice through space - and there is something menacing in how they cover and occupy the surface. It’s as if they try, like a spider’s web, to catch anyone trying to study them.
Lines play an important compositional and conceptual part: piercing and deep, they run through the entire canvas as if trying to break out and continue beyond it, generating an effect of pulsating speed - the speed of light - that overpowers the observer. The web of rays clashes with the calm instilled by the rocks and the beach, while the fitting scoop-like shape of the shore barely contains it.
Two interrelated compositional levels emerge: the first taking shape above the center of the painting, mostly in yellow and white, formed by the circle of the sun and the yellow radial grid, and the second consisting of the outside landscape, which absorbs all the colors of the rainbow.
It seems that the former bright epicenter produces the most visual energy (not unlike in an atomic explosion), whereas the rest of the piece works to dissipate and contain it. This is a classic hot versus cold palette juxtaposition put to a compositional (and psychological) effect.
As hallway wall art, the piece pairs naturally with other expressionist wall art and with warm neutrals, timber, and soft natural light.
Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for expressionist reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the fine art tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed fine art oil painting simply cannot match.
expressionist canvas wall art is one of the easiest ways to warm a hallway. Pair this piece with natural linen, dark wood, or brushed brass, and let the hand painted surface do the rest.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
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