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A rare TALENT Experience

A rare TALENT Experience art as you never have before with an onboard exhibition of one of Norway’s greatest painters, respected worldwide for his unflinching study of humanity and nature Many of our readers will have been on a Viking ocean ship and enjoyed the thought-provoking array of artwork on display throughout the corridors, lounge areas and restaurants. A tribute to our Nordic heritage, the photographs and paintings showcase some of the region’s best talent and our commitment to visual arts, with the Viking Art Guide app available for those wishing to further their understanding of the works. MUNCH MOMENTS Through an exclusive relationship with Oslo’s Munch Museum, Viking has been granted the digital rights to the entire collection of Norway’s most famous artist, Edvard Munch. Our “Munch Moments” brings the magic of Munch to our ocean ships with a daily, interactive event that provides an opportunity for guests to learn about his extraordinary life and work. Each afternoon, the ship’s magnificent three-deck Atrium is transformed into an interactive event of art and music. Selected famous artworks are projected onto the wall of the main stairs, accompanied by evocative Norwegian compositions that reflect the different moods and themes expressed through approximately 50 Munch works in all. It is a wonderful spectacle for guests to enjoy. WHO WAS MUNCH Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker, and is recognized today as perhaps one of the world’s most famous artists. Munch began to paint early at the age of 12 and lived a life devoted to art. His artistic oeuvre extends over a period of more than 60 years, during which he painted over 2,000 paintings and made tens of thousands of prints. Munch can be said to be almost as famous for his life as he is for his art. In periods, he lived a nomadic and turbulent bohemian life, together with the Kristiania Bohemians in the Norwegian capital and with the group around the wine bar Zum schwarzen Ferkel in Berlin. During his long life as an artist, Munch experimented with the different painterly directions of his time, but it is first and foremost as a symbolist and expressionist he Clockwise, from above: Red and White; Self-Portrait with Cigarette; The Scream; Encounter in Space has become famous. Paintings such as The Scream, Madonna, Death in the Sickroom and The Dance of Life are highly praised icons in art history. EMOTION UNCOVERED Munch’s most famous painting, The Scream, exists in four versions. He created this masterpiece in 1893, and the onboard painting is a later version from 1910. The motif is 118 VIKING.COM EXPLORE MORE 2019

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