The image painted by Edvard Munch depicts an agonized figure against a blood red sky. This painting has been the target of several high-profile art thefts.
Edvard Munch describes his inspiration for the image :
” I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature. “