... young age. Because of these tragic influences, much of his art was related to illness, death and grief. The Scream's central focus is a screaming figure, located in the middle of the foreground of the painting. The screaming figure's head reaches to almost the midpoint of the painting. He has a long, curvaceous body with minimal detail stretching from the centre of the bottom of the painting, topped by a skull-like head, shaped like an upside-down pear. The bald, rounded head with its vague, chilling eyes, crude nostrils and mouth contorted in a silent shriek. His long hands are clapped to the sides of his head in a perpetual state of despair. The sex of the screaming figure is uncertain but this is perhaps on purpose, as if it is to represent all of humankind rather than a single person. This core-figure is standing on a wooden walkway, possibly a bridge or ...

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