This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution.

Quote by Edvard Munch

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I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I...

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I...

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to...

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to...

I find it difficult to imagine an afterlife, such as Christians, or at any rate...

I find it difficult to imagine an afterlife, such as Christians, or at any rate...

I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I...

I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick,...

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick,...

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have...

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have...

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven...

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven...

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which...

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which...

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one...

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one...

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments....

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments....

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but...

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but...

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to...

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to...

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint...

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint...

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of...

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of...

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for...

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for...

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the...

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the...

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about...

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about...

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was...

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was...