Madonna is the usual title given to several versions of a composition by the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure created between 1892 and 1895 using oil paint on canvas. He also produced versions in print form. [1]

In Madonna, Edvard Munch shows us a woman in the act of making love who owns her sexuality. Edvard Munch: Madonna. Oil on canvas, 1894. Photo © Munchmuseet. Edvard Munch lived in an age when women gradually emerged from domestic life and demanded their place in society.

The artwork “Madonna” is a creation by the renowned artist Edvard Munch, completed in 1894. This oil on canvas religious painting measures 90 by 68.5 centimeters and is a seminal piece within the Expressionism art movement. Currently, the artwork is …

2025年2月9日 · Edvard Munch, Madonna, 1895-1902, Ōhara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan. We can recognize this woman as Madonna thanks to a few details: the fetus that makes her a mother, and the blue halo around her head.

Born in Scandinavia, a region known for long periods of cold and darkness, Edvard Munch shared the Symbolist mentality of artists and writers from that locale and throughout Europe in the 1890s.

Madonna, here in a version from 1894, is one of the most famous paintings from The frieze of life. The painting shows a young woman with long, black hair down her shoulders . The...

Title: Madonna. Artist: Edvard Munch (Norwegian, Løten 1863–1944 Ekely) Date: 1895–1897. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 39 3/4 × 27 3/4 in. (101 × 70.5 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz Jr. Object Number: SL.2.2017.1.1