When The Idiot didn’t see original versions of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” at the ongoing exhibition of his paintings at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, he flew to Oslo to visit the newish (October 2021) Munch Museum to catch them there.
Here’s what he saw at what is locally called The Munch.
One of three original versions of “The Scream” on display at The Munch in Oslo. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
A second of three original versions of “The Scream” on display at The Munch in Oslo. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
A third of three original versions of “The Scream” on display at The Munch in Oslo.
The Idiot’s daughter Sonia with one of three original versions of “The Scream” on display at The Munch in Oslo.
The Idiot creates a Munch for his grandchildren at The Munch in Oslo. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
An Idiot selfie with a Munich painting in Oslo.
“The Researchers,” a monumental Munch created in 1911 on a canvas that is 50-square meters (538-square feet) in area at The Munch.
An Idiot selfie with a Munich painting at the Orsay Museum in Paris.
The Munch paintings are on three of the thirteen floors of The Munch building.
The Munch paintings are on three of the thirteen floors of The Munch building.
The Munch in Oslo, Norway.
Munch kitsch on sale in Oslo.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."