Madonna, 1894-95

Art Print: In the lithographic version of the Madonna, Edvard Munch expresses the erotic aspects of this painting by having sperm cells swimming around it and an embryo in one corner; what we do get from the painting of the Madonna is a strong sense of woman, both with the red halo of martyrdom, and a woman lying back on a bed, eyes shut, hair flowing over her shoulders, arms behind her back; submissive and sexual.