Hardbopjazz Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I bet they will try and sell them on ebay. Entertainment - AP Munch's Famous 'Scream,' 'Madonna' Stolen 56 minutes ago By KRISTIAN KAHRS, Associated Press Writer OSLO, Norway - Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna (news - web sites)" before the eyes of stunned museum-goers. The thieves yanked the paintings off the walls of Oslo's Munch museum and loaded them into a waiting car outside, said a witness, French radio producer Francois Castang. Police spokeswoman Hilde Walsoe said the two or three armed men threatened a museum employee with a handgun to give them the two paintings, including "The Scream" — Munch's famed depiction of an anguished figure with its head in its hands. "No one has been physically injured, and the suspects escaped in an Audi A6. We are searching for the suspects with all available means," Walsoe told The Associated Press. Many museum visitors panicked and thought they were being attacked by terrorists. "He was wearing a black face mask and something that looked like a gun to force a female security guard down on the floor," visitor Marketa Cajova told NTB public radio. "What's strange is that in this museum, there weren't any means of protection for the paintings, no alarm bell," Castang told France Inter radio. "The paintings were simply attached by wire to the walls," he said. "All you had to do is pull on the painting hard for the cord to break loose — which is what I saw one of the thieves doing." Castang said police arrived on the scene 15 minutes later. Visitors were ushered into the museum's cafeteria. "We don't have all the details on the situation, but we are searching for the suspects in the air and on land," Police Spokesman Kjell Moerk told the public radio network NRK. It was the second time in 10 years that "The Scream" has been stolen. In February 1994, the work was taken and remained missing for nearly three months. Police ultimately recovered the work, which is on fragile paper, undamaged in a hotel in Asgardstrand, about 40 miles south of the capital, Oslo. Three Norwegians were arrested. At the time, investigators said the trio tried to ransom the painting, demanding $1 million from the government. it was never paid. Munch, a Norwegian painter and graphic artist who worked in Germany as well as his home country, developed an emotionally charged style that was of great importance in the birth of the 20th century Expressionist movement. He painted "The Scream" in 1893, as part of his "Frieze of Life" series, in which sickness, death, anxiety, and love are central themes. He died in 1944 at the age of 81. The National Art Museum owns 58 paintings by Munch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I'd not worry. I seem to recall reading that Munch painted a number of Screams! Probably did the T-shirts too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Munch's Famous 'Scream' Stolen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Kinda hard to sell this painting, I would imagine. And I was just getting ready to visit Oslo in order to view this painting... Shucks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 And just last night on TV they broadcast the episode of "Coupling" that makes reference to it: "I *hate* that painting." Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 The Daily Show also made fun of it just a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 That ugly lookin' thing sure ain't human. Maybe Munch painted a portrait of one of 'em back then and the family has come back to retrieve it? There's something weird going on over there. Norwegian Woman Watches UFO Land On Her Lawn - Then Take Off ...... the northern city of Bodø. There, a woman went out of her house to smoke a cigarette. Suddenly, she says, a flying object landed on her lawn, stood there awhile, and then lifted off and flew away. Norwegian police search for 'silent helicopter' UFO Police in Norway are searching for a UFO described by witnesses as being like a silent helicopter. Three witnesses believe the craft was going to crash into the sea when they called the authorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 There was an interesting piece a while back about how the colors in the sky were actually accurate because of the volcanic activity of Krakatoa. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/10/scream.munch.reut/ Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Munch's Famous 'Scream' Stolen Why, it's been here the whole time...and it's 'clickable'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 IT PROBABLY WAS A FAKE TO BEGIN WITH. A LOT OF THOSE CLASSIC MUSEUM PANTINGS HAVE BEEN FORGED OVER AND OVER-- EVEN MANY SAY THE MONA LISA IS NOT THE ORIGINAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Although I have been fond of Munch's painting for many years, this is not the one I'd want to see in my living room. It probably was stolen on order - never understood those weird minds who want to posess such a thing. What's fun about sitting alone in your bunker staring at a painting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I don't care for "The Scream." I don't like the way the paint is handled, sorry Munch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 BTW, how do you pronounce his name? "Munch" or "Monk" or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 In English, Moonk, with the "oo" like in "look", would come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Danka shein! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 The National Art Museum owns 58 paintings by Munch. ummmm..... make that 56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 BBC NEWS Stolen Munch paintings found safe Two masterpieces by Edvard Munch, which were stolen from an Oslo museum two years ago, have been found. The Scream and Madonna were recovered during a raid and were in better-than- expected condition, police said. The paintings were stolen by two armed men who ripped them from the wall after threatening a member of staff at the Munch Museum in August 2004. Three men were found guilty of charges relating to the theft of the paintings after a trial in May. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/ente...ent/5303200.stm Published: 2006/08/31 15:49:47 GMT © BBC MMVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 That painting reminds me, isn't Free For All's birthday coming up soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sailor Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 I like this theory about The Scream, "In 2003, several astronomers reported that the blood-red sky in The Scream was actually a realistic rendering of the blazing sunsets caused by detritus from the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa in 1883." Brief article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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