Night in Nice
1891
Long before he terrified the world with The Scream, Edvard Munch was capturing the moody, quiet nights of the French Riviera. Painted during a stay in Nice in 1891, this view looks down on rooftops bathed in cool, eerie blues and greens, with just a few warm orange windows glowing like lonely beacons. It’s a far cry from his later psychological horrors, showing instead a Symbolist sensitivity to atmosphere and emotion over realistic detail. You can almost feel the chill of the night air in those thick, swirling brushstrokes.
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