img700 Edvard Munch (1863-1944)

Description of Edvard Munch’s painting "Girls on the Bridge"

Munch painted Girls on the Bridge in 1902, during a period of emotionally turbulent and high productivity of his life. The lyrical artist’s work is in the Art Gallery as one of his powerful paintings. From the picture reeks strength and special power, which is beyond the control of time or other forces. The stage of flowering and development from a girl to becoming a woman is an irreversible and necessary moment, from which a representative of the fair sex can not escape. The artist has chosen an interesting plot, namely the bridge on which the girls stand is the connecting link. The girl who undergoes change retains a piece of her soul, her characteristic trait that helps her to be unique.

The rich symbolism of "Girls on the Bridge," is related to Munch’s "frieze of life," which depicts all stages of development, from young woman, namely from puberty to maturity, as a period full of meaning and mystery. "Girls on the Bridge," this painting continues the exploration of topics such as sexual arousal and mortality. The images of a group of young women scattered in opposite directions, yet connected across a bridge, show an explosive tension.

The artist tries to show the struggle that takes place at this stage in the life of a woman, interprets this cycle of life with a complex device and a special sensuality. The women on the bridge, gazing into the incomprehensible distance, trying to understand what awaits them after these transformations. If you look closely at this work, you can see this struggle and tension. The women on the bridge at this time, after a certain period of time, will no longer be so. The bridge also symbolizes the merging of something, a meeting, and the girls and women, getting a chance to reflect on their essence and leave the best behind.