Vampire
1895 · Oil on canvas · Munch Museum, Oslo
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About this work
- Artist
- Edvard Munch (1863–1944)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 91 × 109 cm
- Collection
- Munch Museum, Oslo
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Series
- The Frieze of Life
A woman with long flame-red hair bends over a man in dark clothes, her bare arms locked around him and her face pressed to his neck, while a shadow swells behind them on a ground of deep blue and violet. Munch painted six versions of the subject between 1893 and 1895; this unsigned 1895 canvas is one of three in the Munch Museum in Oslo. Munch said it showed nothing more than a woman kissing a man on the neck. The title Vampire came from his friend, the critic Stanisław Przybyszewski, and has stayed with it ever since.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Deep blue and violet with a blaze of red hair make a dark, intimate picture for a study, a library or a living room with charcoal or plum walls. Hang it beside Munch's Madonna at 24×18 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
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.
