munch death sickroom Dimensions (inches):39 x 44" who is astonished by Apollo's

who is astonished by Apollo's words

"Girl in the Fields"

Renaissance painting

with John creating a very emotive image

munch death sickroom Dimensions (inches):39 x 44" who is astonished by Apollo'sThis is one of the works where Edvard Munch openly combines the themes of illness and death. It stems from the artist's personal experience: the death of his sister from tuberculosis; an event that deeply marked him and contributed to the themes he would develop throughout his career. He himself is the old man looking towards the chair, at the back of the painting, even though he was about fourteen years old at the time. There lies his sister, either