For more information
on this tragic event,
check out these websites:
- "PHILIP WILLIAMS: The
expression on the face in the painting pretty
much matched the feeling at the museum after
a well executed heist in broad daylight, in front
of art lovers.
Two hooded men rushed into the
museum just before midday and while one threatened
guards and patrons with a pistol the other used
wire cutters and ripped 'The Scream' and the
Madonna from the wall before escaping in a getaway
car. The paintings are worth at least $30 million."
-
ABC
- The thieves also made off
with another Munch painting, “Madonna,”
which depicts an eroticized nude virgin with
a blood-red halo in a dark, swirling aura. However,
museum officials were much less concerned about
recovering it, saying “The concept’s
been done to death lately.”
-
Broken News
- "What's strange is that
in this museum there weren't any means of protection
for the paintings, no alarm bell," he told
France Inter radio.
"The paintings were simply attached by wire
to the walls," he said.
Mr Castang saw the thieves simply pull the painting
from the wall.
Police arrived on the scene 15 minutes later."
-
Sky News
- "The collection of the
Munch Museum, which comprises 1,100 paintings,
3,000 drawings and 18,000 etchings is insured
for 60.45 million euros (74.3 million dollars)
but experts believe that "The Scream"
alone is worth that amount. "
-
Sify News
- "OSLO, Aug 22 (AFP)
- Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" was
stolen from an Oslo museum on Sunday along with
another famous painting by the great Norwegian
artist.
Another version of Munch's work was stolen from
the Oslo National Gallery in 1994, to be recovered
intact three months later. "
The article then lists a list
of major art robberies across the world since
1985.
-
Turkish Press
- The collection of the Munch
Museum, which comprises 1,100 paintings, 3,000
drawings and 18,000 etchings is insured for 60.45
million euros ($74.3 million) but experts believe
that "The Scream" alone is worth that
amount.
Munch (1863-1944) painted four
versions of the work, of which the Munch Museum
held two - the one stolen on Sunday and another
in reserve. A private collector owns a third.
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