Edvard Munch only version not held by a Norwegian museum. The 1893 version was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo in 1994 and recovered. The 1910 painting was stolen in 2004 from The Munch Museum in Oslo, but recovered in 2006 with limited damage. "The Scream" is Munch's most famous work, and one of the most recognizable paintings in all art. It has been widely interpreted as representing the universal anxiety of modern man. Painted with broad bands of garish color and highly simplified forms, and employing a high viewpoint, it reduces the agonized figure to a garbed skull in the
Gamle Oslo Gamle Oslo Gamle Oslo is a district of the city of Oslo, Norway. The name means "Old Oslo". The district has several landmarks and large parks, including the Edvard Munch Museum, the Botanical Gardens and a medieval park. During the time that present Oslo was named Christiania, this area was called Oslo. H. P. Lovecraft alludes to the fact in his story "The Call of Cthulhu": Neighborhoods of Oslo belonging to this district are: The district also includes islands and islets in the Oslofjord: Kavringen, Nakholmen, Lindøya, Hovedøya, Bleikøya, Gressholmen, Rambergøya, Langøyene and Heggholmen. In the municipal election of 2007