生与死,情与欲:蒙克的艺术世界

Life and Death, Love and Desire: Edvard·Munch's Art World

挪威画家蒙克是20世纪初期德国表现主义艺术流派的先驱。他的作品中充满了疾病、死亡、情爱等主题,这一类绘画题材来源于画家本身真实经历。他的作品受哲学家尼采观念的影响,既有对孤独、死亡的刻画,也有对光明的渴望。他的创作形式不仅局限于油画,木刻、石版、铜版、壁画方面均有独特的创造,其中尤以"生命"组画最为出色。20世纪初期的西方社会,面临着深刻的社会危机和精神危机,艺术上面临着理性主义与表现主义的争论。蒙克的作品揭示了那个时期人们隐蔽的心灵,表现了人类内心共有的痛苦与快乐,直接推动了德国表现主义艺术流派的兴起。

Norway artist Munch is the pioneer of German Expressionism in early 20th Century. His paintings are full of disease, death, and love. This kind of painting is from the artist real experience. His paintings were influenced by Nietzsche＇s philosophy, both on the description of loneliness, death, and also have a desire for a bright. His creation form not only in oil painting, also in woodcut, lithograph, both art, murals, especially in the ＂life＂ series. The western society In Early 20th Century, facing the profound social crisis and spiritual crisis, in the field of art is also facing the rationalism and expressionism debate. Munch＇s paintings reveal the people＇ s hidden soul, the pain and pleasure, directly promoted the development of German Expressionism.