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Love and Pain is an 1895 painting by Edvard Munch; it has also been called Vampire, though not by Munch.[1] The painting depicts a man and woman embracing, with the woman appearing to be either kissing or biting the man on his neck. Munch painted six different versions of the same subject between 1893 and 1895. Three versions are in the collection of the Munch Museum in Oslo, one is held by the Gothenburg Museum of Art, one is owned by a private collector, and the final work is unaccounted for.[2] Munch painted several additional versions and derivatives of the work later in his career.[2]

Description

The painting shows a woman with long flame-red hair kissing a man on the neck, as the couple embrace.[1] Although others have seen in it "a man locked in a vampire's tortured embrace – her molten-red hair running along his soft bare skin,"[3] Munch himself always claimed it showed nothing more than "just a woman kissing a man on the neck".[1]

The painting was first called Vampire by Munch's friend, the critic Stanisław Przybyszewski. Przybyszewski saw the painting on exhibition and described it as "a man who has become submissive, and on his neck a biting vampire's face."[4]

Versions

A version of the painting was stolen from the Munch Museum on 23 February 1988. It was recovered later the same year, when the thief contacted the police.[5][6]

In 2008, at a Sotheby's auction, an 1894 version of the painting sold for 38.2 million dollars (24.3 million pounds) and set the world record for the auction of a Munch painting.[7]

In 1895, Munch created a woodcut with a very similar theme and composition, known as Vampyr II.[4][8]

In 1916–1918, Munch reused the composition in a different setting for two paintings called Vampire in the Forest[9] and Vampire, currently in the collection of the Munch Museum.

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  Vampyr II (1895)
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  Vampire (1916-18)
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  Vampire (1916-18)

See also

• List of paintings by Edvard Munch

References

External links

Media related to Vampire by Edvard Munch at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Vampir (Munch)

Vampir (norwegisch Vampyr) ist ein Bildmotiv des norwegischen Malers Edvard Munch, das er zwischen den Jahren 1893 und 1895 in sechs Gemälden ausführte und in einer späteren Schaffensphase zwischen 1916 und 1918 in fünf weiteren Gemälden wiederholte. Daneben entstanden im Jahr 1895 zwei Lithografien. Es ist eines der zentralen Motive im Werk des Malers und gehört zu seinem Lebensfries.

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- [en] Love and Pain (painting)

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[it] Amore e dolore

Amore e dolore è un dipinto del 1895 di Edvard Munch chiamato spesso anche Vampire, anche se non da Munch.[1] Il dipinto raffigura un uomo e una donna che si abbracciano, con la donna che sembra baciare o mordere l'uomo sul collo. Munch dipinse sei diverse versioni dello stesso soggetto tra il 1893 e il 1895. Tre sono nella collezione del Museo Munch di Oslo, una è esposta nel Museo d'arte di Göteborg, una è di proprietà di un collezionista privato e l'opera finale è dispersa.[2] Munch dipinse diverse versioni aggiuntive e derivate dell'opera più avanti nel corso della sua carriera.[2]

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[ru] Вампир (картина)

«Вампир» (норв. Vampyr), известна также как «Любовь и боль» (нем. Liebe und Schmerz) — картина норвежского художника Эдварда Мунка, написанная в 1893 году.

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