Comments on: Feel Art Again: ‘The Scream’

By: GTT

GTT — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:24:24 +0000

I love this painting… It has such a strong emotion… I never know quite how to feel after looking at it…

By: rob

rob — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:45:22 +0000

i heard that the figure of the scream is echoed in the water in the background. with some imagination you can see it; it is a very morphed image. you can imagine that the ships on the water are the nostrils of the screamer. probably just conincidence tho

By: Andréa

Andréa — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:32:33 +0000

yogahz: Masterfoods had just begun a print campaign for their dark chocolate M&M’s when the painting was stolen, which is why they offered the M&M reward. I don’t think there’s any connection other than that, and I don’t know why they chose to use “The Scream” for their ad campaign in the first place. There are several articles mentioning the ad campaign and/or the reward online, but I didn’t see any that discuss why the painting was used.

By: yogahz

yogahz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:37:25 +0000

The theory that the person in the painting is protecting himself *from* the scream has made me appreciate this painting more than I did.

Also – M&Ms? Was there some connection?

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:07:16 +0000

You know, I’d never really taken a close look at the background of this one. There’s a lot going on back there. Thanks for another great post!

By: Dagfinn

Dagfinn — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:13:02 +0000

The version of “Skrik” which was stolen in 2004 (and recovered in 2006, more than two years later) is badly damaged, and experts have said that it is impossible to restore it completely.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:47:27 +0000

“the sun setting in a blood red sky, possibly a result of the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883″–

If I had a dime for the number of times I’ve heard that fact in the last year (mostly right here on m_f), I’d buy myself a refreshing cola from the WalMart vending machine. Thanks for all the other, interesting stuff!

When I was a screenprinter, we did a run of these; still got mine, and wore it to Magic Mountain to ride The Scream rollercoaster there.