Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Chicago and Edvard Munch


As part of our reunion trip to Chicago, Winnie and I went to the art museum to view an exhibition of Edvard Munch entitled Influence, Anxiety, and Myth. The exhibit was very interesting and showed that while he struggled with alcoholism and anxiety in his life, he also based his work on the art and technical skills of his artistic peers and on his commitment to contributing to his Norwegian culture by painting their myths. I enjoyed this exhibit and think the art museum does a beautiful job of showing us the life of the artists -- they had done a spectacular job with the Toulouse Lautrec exhibit, for example.