The Sun ☰ Munch ☲ Canvas portrait The model was the artist's

The model was the artist's mistress

this is not a traditional landscape

This painting is commonly mistaken to be his last

The attention to detail in clothing and artifacts

The Sun ☰ Munch ☲ Canvas portrait The model was the artist'sThe 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."