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''The Scream'' has been the subject of much historical analysis attempting to explain its vivid and unusual content. According to Munch's diary, the inspiration for the painting stuck him one day as he saw a "blood-red sky" and stood on a bridge "trembling with anxiety — and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature."<ref>http://oaks.nvg.org/an3ra2.html</ref>
''The Scream'' has been the subject of much historical analysis attempting to explain its vivid and unusual content. According to Munch's diary, the inspiration for the painting stuck him one day as he saw a "blood-red sky" and stood on a bridge "trembling with anxiety — and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature."<ref>http://oaks.nvg.org/an3ra2.html</ref>
Although the main figure in the painting also stands on a bridge under a bright red sky, the figure is not meant to represent Munch. Some art historians posit that the figure was inspired by a Peruvian mummy which Munch and fellow artist Paul Gaugin saw at a Paris Museum exhibition in 1889.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20041011032521/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040906/scream.html</ref>
Although the main figure in the painting also stands on a bridge under a bright red sky, the figure is not meant to represent Munch. Some art historians posit that the figure was inspired by a Peruvian mummy which Munch and fellow artist Paul Gaugin saw at a Paris Museum exhibition in 1889.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041011032521/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040906/scream.html</ref>
Historians also attribute the unusually bright red sky to the dramatic atmospheric conditions caused by the 1883 volcanic eruption of Krakatoa. Contemporary accounts report that bright red skies were a common sight in Europe and North America for months after the eruption.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20041011032521/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040906/scream.html</ref>
Historians also attribute the unusually bright red sky to the dramatic atmospheric conditions caused by the 1883 volcanic eruption of Krakatoa. Contemporary accounts report that bright red skies were a common sight in Europe and North America for months after the eruption.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041011032521/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040906/scream.html</ref>
== Thefts ==
== Thefts ==