National Gallery (Norway) Tone Skedsmo (1995–2000) and Anniken Thue (2001–2003). That the gallery had erroneously been labeled as technically unfit for paintings was reported in 2013. (A previous study—about the museums—"tåleevne") had never concluded about the fitness level, and Norway's parliament had been misinformed about conclusions that in reality did not exist. ) In 2016 the price for admission doubled overnight. The Gallery includes pieces by sculptor Julius Middelthun, painters Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, Erik Werenskiold and Christian Krohg as well as works by Edvard Munch including "The Scream" and one version of his "Madonna". The museum also has old master European paintings
Melancholy (Edvard Munch) represented by the undulating shoreline and skylines that extend toward the left. Critics suggest that there are also erotic allusions, perhaps in the presence of the moon reflected on the water. The landscape represents Asgardstrand's beach where Munch spent his summers from 1889. "Melancholy" was exhibited in 1891 at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. The artist and journalist Christian Krohg credited it as the first Symbolist painting by a Norwegian artist. Munch painted more than one version of the composition in 1891. A version completed in 1892–93 is in the National Gallery, Oslo. Melancholy (Edvard Munch) Melancholy (Norwegian: Melankoli ;