The scream (norwegian: skrik) is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the expressionist artist edvard munch between 1893 and 1910. der schrei der natur (the scream of nature) is the title munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. the landscape in the background is the oslofjord, viewed from ekeberg, oslo, norway. edvard munch created the four versions in various media. the national gallery, oslo, holds one of two painted versions (1893, shown at right). the munch museum holds the other painted version (1910, see gallery) and a pastel version from 1893. the three versions have not traveled for years. the fourth version (pastel, 1895) was sold for $119, 922, 600 at sotheby"s impressionist and modern art auction on 2 may 2012 to financier leon black, the highest nominal price paid for a painting at auction. (the card players by pa.