Episode 03: Three Disturbing Presents - Edvard Munch, “The Scream”, 1893 / Remedios Varo, “A Disturbing Presence”, 1959
The Scream from 1893 by Edvard Munch
A Disturbing Presence by Remedios Varo from 1959
Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker save a Demon Reindeer from Christmas cheer. To do so they cover not one but two spooky artworks: The Scream, a 1893 painting by Edvard Munch and A Disturbing Presence, a painting by Remedios Varo from 1959.
Our Art Pantry quickie of the week is Tempera.
And we have no Art Assignment this week since we were too busy saving our Demon Reindeer friend.
In Part One, we discuss Edvard Munch’s troubled upbringing, the start of expressionism, the Bad Boys of Post-Impressionism Painting, Steve Painttube, and we try not to throw our pitchforks at The Scream. In Part Two, Stephanie is interrupted by A Disturbing Presence, we discuss toxic chair relationships, witchy science, and the bad girl behavior that made her too hot for Art History to handle.
Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream from 1893. Pastel, tempera and oil paint on cardboard
Portrait of Munch, date unknown
Edvard Munch, Munch Sitting in the Winter Studio, ca. 1938
Still from The Simpsons Season 9, Episode 3 “Lisa’s Sax”
Still from The Simpsons Season 17, Episode 6 “See Homer Run”
Ghostface Killer character from the Scream horror movie franchise
A Disturbing Presence, 1959 by Remedios Varo. Oil painting on canvas.
Portrait of Varo, date unknown
Varo in her home in Mexico City in 1959, A Disturbing Presence in the background
Varo with several of her works in 1959, including A Disturbing Presence, in her Mexico City
Remedios Varo with Surrealists Benjamin Péret (then husband) and André Breton, 1941
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz by El Greco from 1586-88
The Garden of Earthly Delights, Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch from 1503–1515
Embroidering the Earth's Mantle, Remedios Varo from 1961 oil on masonite
