The Artist and His Model 1921

Edvard Munch made this painting in an unknown year using oils on canvas, and it is titled "The Artist and His Model." The whole scene simmers in earthy oranges and greens, mixed with these flashes of electric blue. I can imagine Munch, grappling with the push-and-pull of being both the observer and the observed. What's it like to try to paint another person, when you're a person, too? Look how Munch has rendered the woman's blue robe, almost vibrating with energy! It's like he's trying to capture not just what he sees, but how it *feels* to see, you know? Maybe he's thinking about Van Gogh, or maybe he's just caught up in his own emotional weather. It's like they’re all in this ongoing conversation, trading ideas across time.