Tag: Munch

• At the Munch Museum

  I was blown away by this museum. A comprehensive view of Munch his life, his art and his themes and their interconnection. Of course like the Mona Lisa the Scream was almost impossible to see. However the vast array of prints, paintings and drawings more than made up for it. The themes that coloured Munich’s…

  thegaywidower

  August 29, 2023

  The consequences of travel

  art, discovery, gay, loneliness, Munch, Norway, Oslo, painting, solo, the extraordinary, travel

• First impressions of Oslo

  Well the hostel is fine if large like all these northern hostels. I miss the smaller type of hostel I found in Italy. The city is modern and I was told it was boring but so far I’ve walked the city centre, past the Cathedral and ended up by the fjord and the Akerhus fortress…

  thegaywidower

  August 29, 2023

  The consequences of travel

  Akershus, architecture, art, culture, discovery, gay, hostels, medieval, Munch, Norway, Oslo, solo, travel

• After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art… National Gallery

  I visited this exhibition on impulse having seen it advertised on recent trips to London. It was worth it. The exhibition examined the way in which Impressionism acted as a catalyst for various movements in Modern Art; Abstraction, Cubism, Post Impressionism, Fauvism, German Expressionism and many more. The exhibition contained works by so many artists…

  thegaywidower

  July 8, 2023

  The consequences of travel

  art, Bonnard, Cezanne, Cubism, culture, Degas, Fauvism, Gauguin, Impressionism, making connections, Matisse, Munch, National Gallery, painting, Paris, Picasso, post Impressionism, Toulouse Lautrec, Vuillard