Stéphane Mallarmé
1984
Edvard Munch captured the intense, brooding gaze of French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé in this striking green portrait. Created during Munch's time in Paris in the mid-1890s, the rough, scratchy lines convey the poet's intellectual depth and a touch of melancholy. The heavy green wash gives the face an eerie, almost ghostly quality, perfectly fitting the Symbolist obsession with dreams and the subconscious. Munch was a regular at Mallarmé's famous Tuesday evening salons, rubbing shoulders with the avant-garde elite of the time.
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