Terms and conditions of use
Towards the forest II
(Mot skogen II)
(1915)
Medium
colour woodcut
Measurements
50.6 × 64.8 cm (image) 55.0 × 68.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1974
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Edvard Munch was one of the most innovative European artists making prints in the 1890s and early twentieth century. In his prints, as in his paintings, Munch explored intense human experiences such as attraction, jealousy and anguish. With their rough cutting and pronounced woodgrain textures, his woodcuts introduced a new primitive expressiveness that suited the evocation of raw emotion. In this powerful image, the forest is not so much a representation of nature as a psychological landscape that pervades the lover’s tryst with an air of foreboding and disquiet. Munch’s prints were highly influential for the young generation of German Expressionist artists emerging at the time.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Schiefler 444; Woll 541 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Edr Munch
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Filskags k (...illeg.)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 53 + 67 09 (09 in smaller print) 63 + 72
Accession Number
P152-1974
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
back views couples embracing forests (cultural landscapes) simplicity (artistic concept)
Movements
Expressionism