Evening on Karl Johan Street
The artist
Edvard Munch, a Norwegian painter who loved showing moods and emotions in his scenes.
What you see
A crowd of people walking down a busy street in the evening, their pale faces looking straight ahead.
The story
Munch painted this Oslo street, called Karl Johan, in 1892 to show how lonely a person can feel even in a crowd.
The style
He used cool blues and dim evening light, with faces that look a little like masks, to create a dreamy mood.
Look closer
One lonely figure walks the opposite way from the crowd, moving away while everyone else comes toward us.
Where to see it
This painting is kept at the Kode Art Museums in the city of Bergen, Norway.
Fun fact
The tall yellow building in the back is real and still stands on that same street in Oslo today.