Edvard Munch used painting to give form to inner states. Anxiety, desire, loss, and longing become visual forces rather than private emotions. For Munch, art was not decoration. It was a way to confront what could not be spoken. Figures dissolve, faces strain, and color carries psychological weight. His work helped lay the foundations of Expressionism by insisting that emotional truth mattered more than likeness. #EdvardMunch #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtHistory #KnowTheArtist | Irene Noren