Anxiety (Munch)

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Anxiety
Norwegian: Angst

Artist	Edvard Munch
Year	1894
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	94.0 cm× 74.0 cm(37.0 in× 29.1 in)
Location	Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Anxiety (Norwegian : Angst) is an oil-on-canvas painting created by the expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1894. It is now in the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Many art critics^{[ who? ]} feel that Anxiety is closely related to Munch's more famous piece, The Scream (1893). The faces show despair and the dark colors show a depressed state. Many critics also believe it's meant to show the emotions of heartbreak and sorrow.^[1]

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Paintings (list)	The Sick Child (versions from 1885 to 1926) Young Girls on a Bridge (versions from 1886 to 1927) Inger on the Beach (1889) Melancholy (1891–1893) Kiss by the Window (1892) Madonna (1892–1895) Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones (series from 1892–1935) Starry Night (1893) Love and Pain (1893–1895) The Scream (versions from 1893 to 1910) Anxiety (1894) Ashes (1894–1895) Puberty (1894–1895) Self-Portrait with Cigarette (1895) Jealousy (versions from 1895 to the 1930s) The Kiss (1897) Inheritance (1897–1899) The Dance of Life (1899–1900) Christmas in the Brothel (1903–1904) Caricature Portrait of Tulla Larsen (1905) Morning Yawn (1913) Model by the Wicker Chair (1919–1921) Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed. (1940–1943)
Related	Munch Museum Edvard Munch (1974 film) The Other Munch (2018 film) Munch (crater)
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