Why it matters
A naked man lies on a bloodstained bed while a naked woman stands rigid in front. Munch combined the murder of Marat with his own experience: a quarrel with his lover Tulla Larsen in which he was shot and lost part of a finger.
Did you know?
- Munch painted the motif in 1906 and 1907.
- Munch made the motif in three paintings and a lithograph.
- Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat was a famous precedent.
Based on the German Wikipedia article Marats Tod (CC BY-SA 4.0).
