A Painter's Painter: Eric Fischl on Edvard Munch

New York | November 2016

Edvard Munch is "somebody who has faced and captured the experience of the things that are deeply a part of our lives," says Eric Fischl. In this video, filmed in the contemporary American artist’s studio, Fischl discusses Munch’s painterly style and whyPikene på broen (Girls on the Bridge), a highlight of Sotheby'sImpressionist and Modern Art Evening auction on 14 November in New York, is one of Munch's most powerful masterpieces. 

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