Fear and loneliness: the Chemnitz art collections are dedicating an extensive exhibition to the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) and the themes of his life. According to the curators, they have brought together 140 works of art: almost 100 works by Munch himself as well as many works by other artists such as Andy Warhol, Neo Rauch and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, which relate to Munch's paintings and prints.
In addition to Munch's world-famous scream motif, which is being shown as a lithograph, a painting is returning to Chemnitz for the first time. Purchased for the collection in 1928, it was sold by the National Socialists in 1937. "Two people. The Lonely Ones" shows a woman and a man on a Nordic beach looking out to sea. There is not only a physical distance between them, but also an emotional one. It can now be seen again in Germany and Chemnitz for the first time in almost 90 years, said Florence Thurmes, General Director of the Kunstsammlungen.
