For the first time, Maria Lassnig (1919 Kappel am Krappfeld – 2014 Vienna) and Edvard Munch (1863 Løten – 1944 Ekely near Oslo) appear together in a major exhibition. The Austrian artist and the Norwegian painter are separated by more than half a century. Yet there are a surprising number of parallels between their works and biographies. Both employed colour not just as a creative element but as a powerful device for expressing inner lives: emotions, physical feelings and relationships to the world.
The presentation includes some 160 paintings and works on paper, and is being organized with the generous support of MUNCH in Oslo and the Maria Lassnig Foundation.
An exhibition by the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
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