Winter Night
Edvard Munchc. 1900
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
In 1900/01, a group of similar paintings was created in Ljan outside Oslo with a view over the Oslo Fjord; in restrained colours, they mark the high point of Munch's Symbolist landscape painting. Exhibited with great success at the Vienna Secession in 1904, the painting was titled 'Winter Night'.
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Details
- Title: Winter Night
- Creator: Edvard Munch
- Creator Lifespan: 1863 – 1944
- Creator Death Place: Oslo, Norway
- Creator Birth Place: Løten, Norway
- Date Created: c. 1900
- Physical Dimensions: 81 x 121 cm
- Type: painting
- External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Movement: Expressionism
- Original title: Winternacht
- Inventory number: 2204
- Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1931
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