Woman’’s Head
1907
Edvard Munch, the master of existential angst behind The Scream, captures a hauntingly intense female gaze in this 1907 print. The subject's dark, heavily scribbled hair frames a pale, brooding face, giving her an almost ghostly presence typical of his Symbolist style. Munch was obsessed with the psychological depths of his subjects, and here, those frantic, scratchy lines feel like they're vibrating with unspoken anxiety. It's a striking reminder that his genius wasn't just in swirling skies, but in the quiet, piercing stares of ordinary people.