Caricature Portrait of Tulla Larsen
Caricature Portrait of Tulla Larsen (Norwegian: Karikert portrett av Tulla Larsen) is an oil on canvas painting by Edvard Munch, from 1905. It is in the collection of the Munch Museum in Oslo.[1]
History and description
The painting, depicting Munch and Tulla Larsen (1869-1942) was sawn in half by Munch after he was hit in the left hand by a gunshot following a bedroom scuffle (an incident covered in the painting The Death of Marat and the related series). In the green background, the man with the couple is Arne Kavli (1878-1970), also a painter and husband of Tulla, whom she married in 1903.[2]
In Gerd Woll's catalogue raisonné from 2008, Self-Portrait against a Green Background is listed as number 645 and Caricature Portrait of Tulla Larsen is listed as number 646.
See also
References
- ^ "Karikert portrett av Tulla Larsen", Munch Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Vanessa Thorpe. "Edvard Munch 'reunited' with fiancee for British Museum show", theguardian.com, 7 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
External links
- Selvportrett mot grønn bakgrunn Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine at the Munch Museum
- Karikert portrett av Tulla Larsen Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine at the Munch Museum
- Self-Portrait against a Green Background and Karikert portrett av Tulla Larsen at the Munch Museum