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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 16×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining 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
Shipping & returns
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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.
