Puberty. Puberty is an 1894-95 painting created by Edvard Munch.
Munch is an artist native to Norway and is widely known for his role in expressionistic art. Puberty has also been done as a lithograph and an etching by Munch.
Although Munch asserted he had not been influenced by the work of Belgium artist/illustrator Félicien Rops, specifically the etching Le Plus Bel Amour De Don Juan, published as an illustration in Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly's book Les Diaboliques in 1882, art critics and historians have consistently noted the similarities; beginning with Przybyszewski the first publication ever devoted to Munch. In the late 1880s and into the mid-1890s, Munch, in his mid-twenties, had begun to create his series of Puberty pieces.
At this time Munch had already established himself as a notable artist in Berlin. During this period of his life Munch often found residence in Berlin, where his newfound fame and circle of friends were.
His new group of friends are attributed for helping push Munch further into his sexually depressed state of mind. Munch allowed this sexual depression to seep into Puberty and like other works he created later this piece was created with symbolism reflecting feelings which continued growing increasingly within the next ten years. This state of sexual depression is one that not only his circle of friends shared with him, but that the psychological schol
Munch is an artist native to Norway and is widely known for his role in expressionistic art. Puberty has also been done as a lithograph and an etching by Munch.
Although Munch asserted he had not been influenced by the work of Belgium artist/illustrator Félicien Rops, specifically the etching Le Plus Bel Amour De Don Juan, published as an illustration in Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly's book Les Diaboliques in 1882, art critics and historians have consistently noted the similarities; beginning with Przybyszewski the first publication ever devoted to Munch. In the late 1880s and into the mid-1890s, Munch, in his mid-twenties, had begun to create his series of Puberty pieces.
At this time Munch had already established himself as a notable artist in Berlin. During this period of his life Munch often found residence in Berlin, where his newfound fame and circle of friends were.
His new group of friends are attributed for helping push Munch further into his sexually depressed state of mind. Munch allowed this sexual depression to seep into Puberty and like other works he created later this piece was created with symbolism reflecting feelings which continued growing increasingly within the next ten years. This state of sexual depression is one that not only his circle of friends shared with him, but that the psychological schol
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