2005 Edvard Munch Poster, Self portrait 1886, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Expressionism, Symbolism, gallery exhibition, wall art decor

This original Edvard Munch exhibition poster is from the Moderna Museet in Sweden, for a 2005 exhibition featuring "Self portrait" from 1886. The exhibition is called "Munch, Myself" and takes the original Munch painting and makes a mirror image of it.
Dimensions: 39.5 in x 27.5 in (100 cm x 70 cm)
Condition: some rough edges, see photos.

In this painting Munch used surface scratching, and the face seems enveloped in haze. This was a technique he also used in his most famous painting of the 1880s, The Sick Child from 1885–86. Later he would change his painting style in favour of a more flowing brushstroke.

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, The Scream, has become one of the iconic images of world art. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (today's Oslo), Munch began to live a bohemian life under the influence of the nihilist Hans Jæger, who urged him to paint his own emotional and psychological state ('soul painting'). From this emerged his distinctive style.

What is special about exhibition and gallery posters is that they are an affordable way of getting good, unique art on the walls, as although it is not an artists original, neither is it something that has been mass reproduced.

Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.

These posters are sent as unframed. They are delivered in a cardboard tube for protection.

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