:08:04
She was affected, a liar and a whore!
:08:13
The affair between Oda Krohg and
Jappe Nilssen is now at crisis point.
:08:18
Jappe wants his relationship
to be clearly defined.
:08:22
She, still married,
feels differently.
:08:26
Jappe is now taking drugs
and has threatened to kill himself.
:08:32
There seem to be rules demanding
that women sacrifice themselves.
:08:42
The best thing one can say about
a woman is that she is self-sacrificing.
:08:50
I can't put up with it anymore.
:08:54
I am so fond of her but
why is she so angry with me?
:09:02
Things are so difficult at times.
:09:05
I know that I lose control.
:09:12
Seeking a way of peeling down
to the essence of the inner reality,
:09:17
of stripping away needless
detail and perspective,
:09:20
Munch now combines all
the forms of media at his disposal,
:09:25
using pencil, pastel,
oil and charcoal,
:09:28
not separately, but together.
:09:33
He applies the oil thinly,
to permit the canvas texture
:09:37
to remain a visible component
of the finished work,
:09:40
to emphasize its flat surface.
:09:43
He allows the preliminary drawings
in pencil and pastel,
:09:47
including the corrections
made in them,
:09:49
to remain in the final work
to show its spontaneity.
:09:57
On this canvas, to be known
variously as Melancholy,