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-	{{Template}}'''''Scream''''' ('''''Skrik''''', 1893) is a seminal series of [[expressionism|expressionist]] [[painting]]s by [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[artist]] [[Edvard Munch]]. It is said by some to symbolize the [[human species]] overwhelmed by an attack of [[existentialism|existential]] [[angst]].<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Krakatoa provided backdrop to Munch's scream | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = The Age | date = [[2003-12-11]] | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/10/1070732277751.html | accessdate = 2006-08-13}}</ref> The landscape in the background is [[Oslofjord]], viewed from the hill of [[Ekeberg, Norway|Ekeberg]]. The Norwegian word ''skrik'' is usually translated as "scream", but is [[cognate]] with the English ''[[shriek]]''. Occasionally, the painting has been called ''The Cry''.	+	{{Template}}'''''Scream''''' ('''''Skrik''''', 1893) is a seminal series of [[expressionism|expressionist]] [[painting]]s by [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[artist]] [[Edvard Munch]]. It is said by some to symbolize the [[human species]] overwhelmed by an attack of [[existentialism|existential]] [[angst]]. The landscape in the background is [[Oslofjord]], viewed from the hill of [[Ekeberg, Norway|Ekeberg]]. The Norwegian word ''skrik'' is usually translated as "scream", but is [[cognate]] with the English ''[[shriek]]''. Occasionally, the painting has been called ''The Cry''.
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Scream (Skrik, 1893) is a seminal series of expressionist paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It is said by some to symbolize the human species overwhelmed by an attack of existential angst. The landscape in the background is Oslofjord, viewed from the hill of Ekeberg. The Norwegian word skrik is usually translated as "scream", but is cognate with the English shriek. Occasionally, the painting has been called The Cry.