The Sun ☰ Munch ☲ Canvas portrait this is not a traditional

this is not a traditional landscape

Bal du Moulin de la Galette) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is an everyday scene of real life

which we seek to make secure

A white full moon lights a forest of tall pines and a ravine covered with tree stumps

This painting is commonly mistaken to be his last

The Sun ☰ Munch ☲ Canvas portrait this is not a traditionalThe Sun (1911) by Edvard Munch is one of many works created in the planning for murals for the University of Oslo's ceremonial hall. It was his first major commission for a public institution, for which he made several hundred preparatory drawings and paintings over multiple years. It depicts a glowing sunrise over a rocky archipelago off the Nordic coast. Munch himself described the origin: "I saw the sun rise up above the cliffs I painted the sun."