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The Dance of Life or Life's Dance is an 1899–1900 expressionist painting by Edvard Munch, now in the National Museum of Art in Norway. The arch of life spans from white young virgin in white over the pair with red wife to an old widow in black.
A metaphorical painting that depicts the stages of life from innocence to death, inspired by Munch's relationship with Tulla Larsen. The picture shows a woman in white, a man, and a woman in black dancing on a beach, with a sun and a moon in the sky.
When Munch painted Dance of Life in 1899 he was inspired by symbolism and used colours symbolically to express different feelings: red for love, passion and pain; white for youth, innocence and...
A painting by the Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch from 1925, depicting a group of dancers in a surreal landscape. The artwork is not on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, but can be learned more about online.
Learn about the meaning and symbolism of The Dance of Life, a painting by Edvard Munch in 1899. The artwork depicts three women representing different stages of life and a man dancing with a temptress.
Edvard Munch’s “The Dance of Life,” created between 1899 and 1900, is a seminal work of Expressionism, rendered in oil on canvas. This genre painting, measuring 126 by 190.5 centimeters, is displayed at the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, which is also the country where it was created.
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From people's emotional life to agriculture and landscape Henrik Ibsen's plays about humanity's existential challenges inspired Munch. Themes such as death, love, sexuality, jealousy and anxiety were central to his early images.
