Angst 1896

"Angst" is a woodcut print created by Edvard Munch in 1896. The piece depicts a group of figures with vacant stares and elongated faces, positioned against a backdrop of undulating lines reminiscent of a landscape or a stormy sky. Munch's use of bold black and red lines creates a sense of unease and tension, reflecting the artist's own anxieties and the pervasive mood of uncertainty in late 19th-century Europe. This work, like many of Munch's others, is considered a seminal piece of Expressionism, a movement characterized by its emphasis on subjective emotional experiences.