Dancing on a shore

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1900

Height:

95.5 cm  (37 5/8 in.)

Width:

98.5 cm  (38 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

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Description

From the Národní galerie Praha website: Originally, The Dance on the Shore of 1900 was part of the collection of twenty-two paintings entitled ‘The Frieze of Life’. The figures of dancing girls are at the centre of the action being observed by two figures in black – widows. The solitary woman in red symbolises the age of the climax of erotic strength. The cycle of life is rendered in wide colourful lines dividing the space into multi-coloured bands.

Iconclass

43C921
two women dancing as a couple

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5731