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Stained by Nicotine and Cocoa Powder, These Edvard Munch Paintings Hung in a Chocolate Factory Cafeteria for a Century. Now, They're Going on Public Display for the First Time
Key takeaways
- Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent
- The factory cafeteria is getting a facelift, creating an opportunity for the lesser-known paintings by one of Norway’s most famous artists to make their museum debut.
- The Freia commission exemplifies this and challenged the boundaries between public and private art.”
Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent
Add as preferred source Girls Watering Flowers (The Freia Frieze IV), Edvard Munch, 1922, will be on display at the Munch Museum beginning in May. Halvor Bjørngård, Munchmuseet. A chocolate factory typically produces treats for the tongue. But the historic Freia workshop in Oslo also boasts a feast for the eyes. For a century, it’s displayed a series of artworks that Edvard Munch painted to accompany workers during their lunch breaks.
The factory cafeteria is getting a facelift, creating an opportunity for the lesser-known paintings by one of Norway’s most famous artists to make their museum debut. Moving just a few miles down to the road for a temporary exhibition at the Munch Museum, the large paintings that comprise Munch’s Freia Frieze will anchor a new show fittingly titled “Edvard Munch and the Chocolate Factory.”