生死线上的挣扎——论蒙克对死亡的诠释

The Struggle Between Life and Death:On Edward Munch's Interpretation of Death

挪威画家爱德华·蒙克是19世纪末20世纪初表现主义画派的先驱人物,在他的绘画作品中,死亡是重要主题之一。谈及蒙克,根本无法回避死亡。蒙克笔下的死亡并非仅仅是恐惧与忧虑,而是一种人性的呐喊,一种对死亡、孤独、厄运的抗争,在死亡的背后,是对光明的渴望。文章结合蒙克的人生经历,并观照其同时代画家的作品,解读蒙克的作品,揭示蒙克别具一格的对死亡主题的诠释。

Edward Munch, a Norwegian painter, is one of the major representatives for expressionism painting at the turn of the 20 th century. In his paintings, death is one of important thematic motifs. Without death, Munch cannot be explored clearly. Death is presented by Munch not to be of fears and worries, but to be of cries of the humanity, struggles against death, loneliness and difficulties in life. In his paintings about the death, desires for the future and brightness could be viewed obviously. Associated with Munch' s personal experiences ,this essay attempts to discuss his paintings in light of his contemporary painters' works, hoping to find our Munch' s own interpretation of death.