The models for this double portrait from 1905 were two girls from the Norwegian fishing village of Åsgårdstrand. Edvard Munch had a house there and painted the local people. The apple tree in blossom symbolises the innocence of youth. Munch is best known for his sombre Symbolist work of the 1890s. This painting is fairly mild by comparison, and the combination of two young girls and a blossoming fruit tree is also decidedly conventional. It is only the manner of painting that is radical, and it was long considered controversial.
Specifications
| Title | Two Girls near an Apple Tree |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 111 cm Height 131 cm |
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| Artists |
Artist:
Edvard Munch
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| Accession number | 2426 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1957 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1957 |
| Creation date | in 1905 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Een prikkelcollectie (2000) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Lievelingen (2024) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - Kunst stelt alles voor (2020) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen @ Rijksmuseum (2023) Cobra 75: Grenzeloos en vrij (2023) |
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| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Norway > Scandanavia > Northern Europe > Europe |
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Edvard Munch
Løten 1863 - Ekely 1944
Edvard Munch initially painted in a naturalist style. But his work became increasingly more expressive, inspired by trips to Paris. From 1892 to 1908, Munch...
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