E. Münch made 6 copies of "The Scream" Why do you think so?

I think a lot of artists work on pieces over and over again. Whatever drew them to make the first is often still there, and they continue to want to explore it.

Because he knew one would be stolen.

Munch often reworked his paintings. He did many variations of The Sick Child, which portrayed his dying sister.

Munch, not Münch.

It’s not all that uncommon for artists to paint more than one version of something. Van Gogh’s Sunflowers comes to mind as one example.

It might have been a business decision. As others have pointed out artists often repeat past work in subject and style. A lot of this has to do with the demand for successful artists to continue producing the sort of art that got them recognized. People don’t want to buy examples of the an artist’s work that isn’t typical of what their style is perceived to be. It’s not uncommon for successful artists have more difficulty selling work when their style shifts.

Many artists do that. My late wife painted the same portrait of her girlfiend four times. Each time she claimed to have improved it, but I couldn’t tell any difference. Of course I’m a Neanderthal when it comes to visual arts.

Maybe he just wanted to for no particular specific reason?
Edvard was totally crazy, you know? Maybe it was just a product of his insanity.

@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard so were many of the worlds great artists

It can be tempting to attribute radical creativity and ingenuity to craziness but that devalues the process that goes into art making. Though some of them certainly were crazy. Van Gogh and Chris Burton come to mind.

Many artists do reworks of their paintings. Sometimes they are drafts for a finished work. Sometimes the artist isn’t happy with the result. Claude Monet is another who made many copies of his work.

@stranger_in_a_strange_land, something about insanity makes for really good art and writing

@downtide that’s true, but Monet did the same study with different lighting. i mean you can look at the Haystacks and see that they were done at different times of the day.
I wonder if there are any differences in the paintings in question. I’ve only ever seen prints, never an original, so I couldn’t say. I also didn’t know that he had painted more than one. I confess I know little about him. I’ve always been partial to the impressionists myself. It would be interesting to have them all together and examine them to see if anything is different.

@Trillian – Ah the haystacks. I’ve seen a few of those, there are differences but they are minor and don’t make up for the fact that haystacks are probably the least interesting thing you could pick to paint.

@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard @fundevogel
Much has been read into Hieronymus Bosch, mostly drugs. according to Mr. Walter Gibson taken into the context of folk tales and metaphors of the time, they make complete sense and strong statement. ba bye