Rosa Meissner at the Hotel Rohn in Warnemünde, 1907
Gelatin printing on paper
Weeping Woman, (Rosa Meissner) 1907-1909
by Edvard Munch
Oil on canvas
Munch´s photograph of his model Rosa Meissner in the Hotle Rôhne, Warnemünde in 1907 is an evocative photograph which inspired Munch to develop the theme of weeping Psyche in paintings, graphic and sculpture. The person seen transparent in the background is her sister.