Summer Night (The Voice)
1896 · Oil on canvas · Munch Museum, Oslo
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About this work
- Artist
- Edvard Munch (1863–1944)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 90 × 119 cm
- Collection
- Munch Museum, Oslo
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Series
- The Frieze of Life
A young woman with long auburn hair stands among straight brown pine trunks, arms held behind her back, looking out at us with shadowed eyes, while behind her a turquoise sea carries the moon's reflection as a pale column. The motif was born at Åsgårdstrand in summer 1893, when Munch painted the first version alongside Moonlight. He returned to it in this 1896 canvas, painted on unprimed canvas and now in the Munch Museum, Oslo. The column of moonlight on the water recurs throughout his pictures of the 1890s.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Turquoise, deep green and warm brown make a cool summer-night picture for a bedroom or a calm living room. Pair it with Whistler's Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea at 24×18 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
