Edvard Munch

Trembling Earth

Ali Smith, Jay A. Clarke, Jill Lloyd-Peppiatt , Trine Otte Bak Nielsen

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Yale University Press
07 August 2023

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

A thought-provoking volume on Edvard Munch’s often neglected pictures of nature, exploring the Norwegian artist’s landscapes, seascapes, and existential environments in light of his own time and ours

This richly illustrated catalogue provides a multifaceted perspective on the pictures of nature and landscape by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944). This important topic has been neglected in scholarship on Munch, despite the fact that it is a major motif in his oeuvre. This volume is the first to explore the theme in its full breadth throughout Munch’s corpus, including his paintings, lithographs, watercolors, and woodcuts. His depictions of forests, farmland, and the seashore, as well as paintings of sea storms, snow, and other extreme weather, present us with undulating forms that animate nature. They likewise provide an example of Munch’s preference for liminal spaces where transformations take place, often celebrating human interaction with nature in its many manifestations. The book also considers Munch’s less conventional landscapes, and particularly those where his famous Scream motif occurs. These environments depict nature in an existential way, suggesting that the artist held a deep concern for nature’s destruction by humans—a concern no less relevant today. A complementary look at his writings as primary sources alongside his images shows how Munch mixed a scientific perspective on nature with metaphysical and spiritual notions of rebirth that permeate other parts of his corpus.

Distributed for MUNCH

Exhibition Schedule:

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

(June 10–October 15, 2023)

Museum Barberini, Potsdam

(November 18, 2023–April 1, 2024)

Munch Museum, Oslo

(April 27–August 24, 2024)

Contributions by: Ali Smith, Jay A. Clarke, Jill Lloyd-Peppiatt, Trine Otte Bak Nielsen, Arne Johan Vetlesen
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9780300270501
ISBN 10: 030027050X
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 07 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ali Smith is an award-winning author based in Cambridge, UK. Jay A. Clarke is Rothman Family Curator in the Department of Prints of Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Jill Lloyd is an independent curator. Trine Otte Bak Nielsen is a curator at MUNCH in Oslo. Arne Johan Vetlesen is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo.