Having a bad day
Edvard Munch's The Scream

Impatient with the fin-de-siecle atmosphere? Munch is the answer. Some art critics call Edvard Munch an expressionist; others, a symbolist. Either category fits the anxiety-ridden Norwegian painter of The Scream. In this painting, a tormented soul screams to express his fear of death. The clouds depict blood. Munch created this painting after an exhibition of his work was closed by its sponsors - due to shock at what they saw.