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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 16×24 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
