Blood Waterfall

Edvard Munch

1915-16

Blood Waterfall by Edvard Munch, 1915-16

Edvard Munch created this visceral scene while recovering from the Spanish flu and a burst blood vessel in his eye, making the crimson cascade deeply personal. Instead of a serene landscape, viewers are hit with a violent torrent of red crashing into a pool, surrounded by stark, almost alien green shapes. It’s a raw expression of life, death, and the artist's own fragile mortality, proving that even his later abstract works pulse with the same intense emotion as 'The Scream'.

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