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By Madeleine Muzdakis on February 25, 2021
Infrared photography used on Edvard Munch s “The Scream” at the National Museum of Norway. (Photo: Annar Bjorgli/The National Museum)
Etched into the paint of one of the most famous paintings in the world, a haunting eight-word sentence has been a mystery to art historians for over a century. In 1904, a Danish art critic peering at Edvard Munch‘s
The Scream noticed graffiti along the rolling clouds of the blood-red sunset. The sentence reads, “Can only have been painted by a madman.” The mysterious statement clearly added sometime after the painting s debut in 1893 was long thought to be added either by a disgruntled onlooker or perhaps the artist himself. The century-old debate has finally been settled by modern technology. Using infrared photography to compare handwriting to Munch s letters and journals, experts at the National Museum of N
By Sophie Lewis
February 23, 2021 / 7:01 AM / CBS News
Barely visible in the top left-hand corner of one of the world s most famous paintings are the words, Could only have been painted by a madman! For years, curators and art historians have wondered who wrote it.
After decades of debate, experts confirmed this week that the artist himself, Edvard Munch, is responsible for the inscription on his most famous work, The Scream.
According to The National Museum of Norway, a Danish art critic first noticed the inscription during an exhibition in Copenhagen in 1904 thinking that a member of the public had written it as an act of vandalism.