Edvard Munch's The Scream
I found this BBC video after I heard that this version of The Scream had sold for one of the highest prices ever for a painting ($119.9 m). I learned a lot about Munch, including how to pronounce his name. It was filmed prior to the auction.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17688100
I love the video because of the Sotheby's curator discussing the work, as well as the poem inscribed on the frame in which Munch describes his inspirational moment: The scream is not from the mouth of the man on the bridge (Munch) but coming from nature.
Then the curator goes on to say that Munch's painting is a symbol of angst and modern man's alienation.
Is it man's alienation from nature, not the figure's alienation, which is being portrayed? What do you think?