This is Edvard Munch, the first artist to present a tormented visual autobiography in full view of the public, and an artist for whom the designation “Expressionist” too narrowly circumscribes his range and impact.
These small works are so full of complex narrative depictions, significant details, sophisticated symbols, and expressive marks that it is impossible not to wonder at their magic.
The Gilded Age of Drawing in America, now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents three dozen remarkable and rarely seen drawings by artists, both famous and lesser known.
Jerry Weiss reviews two simultaneous exhibitions at the Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, First Impressions: Master Drawings from the Lyman Allyn Collection and Urban Realism in American Art (1890 – 1940).