Landscape from Hvitsten 1918 - 1919

Edvard Munch made this painting of a landscape with oil. Look at the way the paint here seems to flow! It's not about capturing a perfect scene, but more about the feeling, the vibe. The way the colors blend and bleed into each other gives it this dreamy, almost unreal quality. It's like Munch is showing us how he *feels* the landscape, not just how he sees it. The paint isn't trying to hide anything. You can see the strokes, the way he layered the colors. The texture is right there on the surface, like a map of his movements, his decisions. Notice how those little squiggles of yellow dance on the water – they are not trying to create perfect reflections, but rather shimmer with their own light. It's so immediate, so raw. Munch wasn't afraid to let the process show, and that's what makes it so alive. It reminds me a bit of Van Gogh's intensity, but with a kind of quiet melancholy.