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Published 22nd February 2021 Painted by a madman : Edvard Munch wrote a hidden message on The Scream
A tiny message hidden in Edvard Munch s famous painting The Scream was written by the artist himself, a new investigation of the work has found, finally resolving one of modern art s most enduring mysteries.
The message Can only have been painted by a madman, scrawled and barely visible in the top left-hand corner of the painting, has been the subject of debate for decades and was widely believed to have been an act of vandalism by a viewer of the piece.
The painting being hung at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2015. It has rarely been exhibited in recent years due to damage. Credit: BAS CZERWINSKI/AFP/AFP/Getty Images