The Quiz: What disaster is thought to have inspired the red sky in “The Scream”?
Great Fire of London
Eruption of Krakatoa
Great San Francisco Earthquake
Johnstown Flood
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” was painted in 1893, but its blood-red sky was inspired by the eruption of Krakatoa almost 10 years earlier. The Indonesian volcano violently spat ash and debris into the sky and created vivid red twilights across Europe. Researchers believe that Munch drew upon that hue to match the emotion he intended to evoke through “The Scream.”
The correct answer to this quiz is Eruption of Krakatoa.