Edvard Munch wrote ‘madman’ graffiti on Scream painting, scans show
The words “Can only have been painted by a madman” are written in the corner of the famous painting. …
The original painting, first displayed in Munch’s home city Oslo (then Kristiania) in 1893, has become a radical and timeless expression of human anxiety. Its influence stretches as far as the 90s Hollywood Scream horror film series, and on to the modern-day emoji.