Aften. Ved stranden (Melankoli) by Edvard Munch

Aften. Ved stranden (Melankoli) 1901

print, woodcut

muted dark tone

reduced colour palette

muted colour palette

print

white palette

unrealistic statue

dark colour palette

gestalt

woodcut

muted colour

muted tone

limited palette

"Aften. Ved stranden (Melankoli)" (Evening. By the Beach (Melancholy)), a 1901 woodcut by Edvard Munch, depicts a solitary figure seated on a beach at dusk. The simplified forms and stark contrasts of black and white, characteristic of Munch's Expressionist style, create a sense of isolation and melancholic introspection. The figure's posture and the landscape's minimalist representation evoke feelings of loneliness and existential contemplation. The artwork is housed at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.