Apple Tree in the Garden
Edvard Munch, 1932–42
Edvard Munch: Apple Tree in the Garden. Oil on canvas, 1932-42. Photo © Munchmuseet
The tree, heavy with apples, dominates the foreground. A couple, perhaps a modern version of Adam and Eve, appears in front of Munch’s villa. The Eden myth and nature’s fruitfulness combine in a vision of Ekely as paradise.
