Sick Mood at Sunset. Despair by Edvard Munch

Sick Mood at Sunset. Despair by Edvard Munch

Sick Mood at Sunset Despair was a painting on canvas, a masterpiece created by Edvard Munch in 1892. The image shows a gentleman that wears a bowler hat standing on what looks like a bridge and looking into the river. A few metres from him are two gentlemen who seem to walk away chatting. Further into the background is the sea, and there are several vessels in the water. The sky looks unusually red. However, given that the title talks of sunset, the rays of the sun could be giving it a deep orange colour. This image would later transition into another one called Scream in about two years, which also talks of the same topic in more of a sketch than a painting. Edvard was on holiday with a friend called Christian Skredsvig in Nice South France when he decided to take a walk on the road above Oslo fjord. He was not feeling well during the evening, so he made a stop by the side of the road. On raising his head to the sky, Edvard saw the clouds looking as red as blood, so much that it affected his mood.