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Do you remember the first time you saw the painting The Scream?

Asked by LostInParadise (31923points) May 3rd, 2012

The painting was in the news recently for setting a record price for its sale. I remember the first time I saw it rather well. I was a teenager, though I am not sure of the exact age. I am guessing 14 to 16. I was at home looking at an article in the encyclopedia that some slick salesman convinced my mother that we needed. The article I found had a glossy page of black and white photos of famous paintings arranged in rows and columns. The Scream was one of them and it just jumped out at me. I do not remember any of the other pictures.

I do not have much artistic sensitivity, so I am thinking that there must be a lot of others who had a similar reaction. The painting is one of the best known. Can you remember the first time you saw it or are there any other works of art that affected you in a particularly strong way when you first saw them?

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