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Death in the sickroom Anxiety Madonna The Sick Child Kristiania Bohemia II Vampire Moonlight I The Urn The Voice / Summer night Young woman on the shore Kiss Blossom of Pain Red Virginia Creeper Red and White Train smoke Kiss IV Four girls in Årsgårdstrand The Brooch / Eva Mudocci Self-portrait with bottle of wine The Death of Marat II The Scream Galloping horse The yellow log Towards the forest II Model by the wicker chair Starry night Self-portrait. The night wanderer. Under the chestnut tree Self-portrait. Between the clock and the bed

Works from the collection

Vampire, 1895
Oil on canvas. 91 x 109 cm
M 679

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Vampire

The motif is simple and concentrated in expression. A woman with long red hair bends over a man, Medusa-like she lets her red hair bind him to her. The pair cast a single shadow, which groups them in a classic pyramid composition. Love and Pain, which was the first title of the motif, indicates an ambition to express complex feelings in painting.