Artist: Edvard Munch | Norway

The mission of this blog is to "arrest and engage through contemporary religious art." That's a mission statement very consistent with the philosophy of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Best known for his hallucinagenic The Scream; and to a lesser degree for his religious work, Madonna. Munch believe that art should be more than "pretty pictures" hanging on a living room wall. He wanted to shake people up with his art and awaken something kept locked away, deep inside. He wanted to create art that spoke to "one's innermost heart." That is why he is celebrated as one of the leaders in the genre of Expressionism. He packed into his lithographs, etching and woodcuts powerful emotions that stirr the observer as much today as they did in the early 1900s.