This Painting Is Sadder Than It Looks. Here's Why

Discover the Sick Child by Edvard Munch. This painting of the artist's younger sister actually had 6 different versions. Discover how Munch created a specter of death and intimacy that transcends life itself.

00:00 Introduction
00:35 A Turning Point in Munch's Art: The Sick Child
01:58 Stylistic Concerns at the Time
02:34 I don't paint what I see, but what I saw
03:13 The Six Paintings in this Series
04:20 Symbols and premonitions of death
04:37 The Psychology of death, desire, and life
05:18 the Painting Puberty

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