1905, Edvard Munch, Four Girls on the Bridge -- Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne)
From the museum label: Munch was not particularly interested in portraying the outside world. His works always aimed at conveying mental processes and inner states. And his use of colour was equally inspired by this idea, which is why the colours are often attuned less to reality and far more to evoking atmospheres. The dark green mass of the trees and the abyssal waters conjure up a melancholy mood that is given additional menace by the red stripes in the parapets and the pink of the street. The girls seem to be awaiting their fate, but it does not bode well for them...
1905, Edvard Munch, Four Girls on the Bridge -- Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne)
From the museum label: Munch was not particularly interested in portraying the outside world. His works always aimed at conveying mental processes and inner states. And his use of colour was equally inspired by this idea, which is why the colours are often attuned less to reality and far more to evoking atmospheres. The dark green mass of the trees and the abyssal waters conjure up a melancholy mood that is given additional menace by the red stripes in the parapets and the pink of the street. The girls seem to be awaiting their fate, but it does not bode well for them...