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The Scream

1893 painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch
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Summary

The Scream is a painting[1]. It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Edvard Munch[3]
  • Influenced by: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa[4]
  • Country: Norway[5]
  • Movement: Expressionism[6]
  • Genre: portrait[7]
  • Part of the series: The Scream[8]
  • Depicts: screaming[9], Oslofjord[10], wharf[11]
  • Made from material: cardboard[12], tempera[13], wax crayon[14]
  • Collection: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design[15]
  • Inventory number: NG.M.00939[16]
  • Location: National Gallery of Norway[17], National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design[18]
  • Commons category: The Scream - Edvard Munch, 1893 - (Nasjonalmuseet)[19]
  • Catalog code: 333[20], 60[21], 16[22], 25[23], 21[24], 23[25], 46[26]
  • Inception: January 1, 1893[27]
  • Exhibition history: Europeana 280[28], The Dance of Life – The collection from antiquity to 1950[29], Olaf Schous gaver til Nasjonalgalleriet : Nasjonalgalleriet 14. november 1987-7. februar 1988[30], Munch og Frankrike[31], Munch 150[32]
  • Significant event: gift[33]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/stories/explore-the-collection/edvard-munch-and-the-scream-in-the-national-museum/[34]
  • Location of creation: Ekeberg[35]
  • Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[36]
  • Official name: Skrik[37]
  • Title: The Scream[38], Der Schrei[39]
  • Height: 91 cm[40]
  • Width: 73.5 cm[41]
  • Is recto of: Draft for The Scream[42]
  • Copyright status: public domain[43]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  4. [3] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . nasjonalmuseet.no. nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . nasjonalmuseet.no. nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Retrieved . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Retrieved . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Retrieved . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . samling.nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . nasjonalmuseet.no. Retrieved . nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . nasjonalmuseet.no. Retrieved . nasjonalmuseet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of the series → The Scream
    Sitelink count → 2
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'simple']
    Influenced by → 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Influenced by: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa"
  2. 4w ago · ~2026-49294-94 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → screaming, Oslofjord, wharf
    Catalog code → 333, 60, 16 +4
    Location → National Gallery of Norway, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
    Imported from → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Part of the series: The Scream"
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