The two paintings in question are by two famous 20th century artists. They are Edvard Munch and Francis Bacon. Their paintings are based on the Expressionism era, where most painters were moving away from Impressionism, which 19th century paintings embraced (Carl 47). Impressionism relied on paintings that only touched surface objects and did not go deep to explain the emotions around the paintings. Edvard Munch and Francis Bacon embraced expressionism to express subjective emotions, not just the objective part. This new era of paintings was fueled by the current international controversies that were taking place. People were full of despair and conflict, especially after World War I. These painters worked on their paintings to depict the disturbed bonds that people were experiencing in terms of the horrors of mass human death, joylessness, and the death of human freedom. They saw their paintings as a reflection of the depths of the human soul, in terms of cynicism, alienation and dissolution that existed in people's consciousness, but were not talked about. Both use realism, space and the human body as a theater for the expression of human emotions (John 2). There was the use of realism in the expression of human emotions; a lonely path. In both paintings, the painters use their own reality or background patterns of their life in making the paintings. In painting A, Edvard Munch depicted the person screaming as he related to his reality. He was in a time when he was scared and terrified (John 2). This allowed him to capture these emotions on canvas. The same example applies to painting. B. Francis Bacon's schemes refer to the center of the paper, the use of colors and pigments to bring harmony in paintings. Instead, people including backgrounds appear distorted, all in an effort to exaggerate the emotions depicted. It can therefore be concluded that both paintings reflect the abstract nature of the 20th century and the way people express themselves with dynamism, strengthening the aspect of expressionism and embracing reality. Work cited Carl, Zigrosser. The Expressionists: A Survey of Their Graphic Art. New York, NY: G.Braziller, 2010(revised).Jennifer, Dyer. Paint & Suffering: Series and Community in Francis Bacon's Paintings.2003.Web. Retrieved March 17, 2012.John, A.Spreyrer. Perinatal themes of death and dying in the art of Edvard Munch.2000.Web. Retrieved March 17, 2012.Potter, P.Edvard Munch (1863-1944).Self-portrait after the Spanish Flu (1919-20).Atlanta, Georgia: CDC.2003.