:13:02
with the artist's featureless,
and blank profile,
:13:06
its large disconnected strokes of
heavy colour running over each other,
:13:11
are heavily attacked
by the Norwegian press as
:13:15
"an awe-inspiring
gibberish of futuristic art."
:13:24
For reasons
which still remain unclear,
:13:27
Edvard Munch is now formally invited
by the Berlin Art Association,
:13:31
the Verein Berliner Künstler,
:13:33
to arrange a one-man exhibition
of his work
:13:37
in their new exhibition hall,
the Architektenhaus,
:13:41
a converted beer-parlour
on the Wilhelmstraße.
:13:44
On the 5th November
the exhibition opens,
:13:47
containing many of
Munch's latest paintings,
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a total of 55 canvases.
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The Berlin press is here in force,
:13:57
including Adolf Rosenberg,
of Kunstchronik,
:14:01
and a representative from
the conservative National-Zeitung.
:14:06
Here, in the Berlin
of Kaiser Wilhelm II,
:14:09
"Impressionism"
is still a term of abuse.
:14:13
The Kaiser himself,
who once referred to Richard Wagner
:14:17
as "a cheap little conductor",
:14:19
is dedicated to fighting
what he calls
:14:22
"the un-German type of art"
:14:24
or "art of the gutter."
:14:32
The entire exhibition is a mockery.
Every painting!
:14:37
The man must be mad.
:14:41
The colours are so unnatural.
:14:45
Within a matter of days,
the exhibition of these paintings,
:14:49
the like of which has never before
been seen in Germany,
:14:52
has broken into a notorious scandal.