Nic Thamaire Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 · Munch's Famous 'Scream' Stolen http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040822/capt.ny10708221133.norway_museum_theft_ny107.jpg'> Edvard Munch's famous paintings 'The Scream,' shown in this undated file photo, 'Madonna (news - web sites)' and others were stolen from an art museum Sunday while stunned museum-goers watched armed men threatening the staff at gunpoint as they took the art work to a waiting car. (AP Photo/ho) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I HEART <3 THAT PAINTING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Stolen?? .. somebodies got a pricey canvas on there hands.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Thamaire Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by Telo Stolen?? .. somebodies got a pricey canvas on there hands.. its even mo' than that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Didn’t it get stolen, like, five years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$360 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 i hate fucking that painting. i hope someone pees in that guys screaming mouth. seeks/hesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$360 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by seeking i hate fucking that painting. http://www.links.net/daze/04/01/pix/paintbluered-lg.jpg'> "yeah, me too. i like mine a lot more." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Whoa that's crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I heard about this. They said it was the second time it was stolen in 10 years. They also said it's worth millions of dollars. I for one do not see the point in stealing art. Since the inherent purpose of art is to show it. Who are you going to sell it to? Someone who is going to keep it locked in their basement where only they can see it? I don't understand. At any rate I get a kick out of the idea that armed men steal paintings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by villain Who are you going to sell it to? Really wealthy, classy criminals who only allow other wealthy, classy criminals into their homes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by 26SidedCube Really wealthy, classy criminals who only allow other wealthy, classy criminals into their homes? The idea of a wealthy, classy criminal art gallery is also funny to me.... Like the idea of ancient babylonian artifacts being sold on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by villain The idea of a wealthy, classy criminal art gallery is also funny to me.... Like the idea of ancient babylonian artifacts being sold on ebay. So I take it you haven't got yours yet? http://www.babylonianbazaar.com/artifacts/...age/arti024.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Thamaire Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Another and perhaps better known version of "The Scream" was stolen from Norway's National Gallery in a break-in in February 1994 on the opening day of the Winter Olympics (news - web sites) in Lillehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Yeah, its gone AGAIN. Last time it was stolen... is a case of motherfucking WONK SAGGIN to the extreme. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by villain The idea of a wealthy, classy criminal art gallery is also funny to me.... Like the idea of ancient babylonian artifacts being sold on ebay. i agree. the idea is funny, but not all together improbable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 scream stolen rmed robbers have stolen the iconic Edvard Munch painting, The Scream, from the Munch Museum in Norway. Two masked thieves pulled the work and another painting, Madonna, off the wall as stunned visitors watched on Sunday. One robber threatened staff with a gun before the pair escaped in a waiting car, a museum officer told the BBC. The car was later recovered and police also found parts of picture frames near to where a witness reported seeing a suspect vehicle. The Munch Museum said the two stolen paintings were among its most valuable - worth an estimated $19m (£10.4m) together, according to the BBC's Lars Bevanger. Norwegian Culture Minister Valgerd Svarstad Haugland described the theft as "dreadful and shocking". "We have not protected our cultural treasures adequately. We must learn the lessons," she said. The robbers fled with the painting to a waiting car Jorunn Christofferson, a press officer at the Munch Museum, told the BBC the museum was full of people when the robbers took the two paintings - frames and all - off the walls of the gallery. Kjell Pedersen of the Oslo police told the Norwegian daily Aftenposten that police had "mobilised all available resources on the ground and in the air". Nobody was hurt and no shots were fired, Ms Christofferson said. She said the museum had closed-circuit television that would have captured the event on video, but that the thieves "were wearing black hoods, like bank robbers". No protection 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 Francois Castang, witness A French radio producer who was in the museum at the time of the theft said security was not very tight. "What's strange is that in this museum, there weren't any means of protection for the paintings, no alarm bell," Francois Castang told France Inter radio, the Associated Press reported. "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." Ms Christofferson said the guards were more concerned with protecting visitors than the paintings. The museum had not long been open when the thieves struck "When they threaten the guards with a gun there is not much to be done," she told the BBC. "They were more concerned with the security of the visitors." Munch painted several versions of his famous 1893 work. The National Gallery version - considered to be the most significant one - was stolen in 1994 as the Winter Olympic Games began in Lillehammer, Norway. Demands The Norwegian government received a demand for a ransom of $1m, but never got proof that those demanding the money had the painting. An anti-abortion group claimed it could get the painting returned if an anti-abortion film was broadcast on television. Police dismissed that claim. The painting was recovered undamaged in a hotel about 65km (40 miles) south of Oslo in May 1994. Three Norwegians were arrested in connection with the theft. Munch, Norway's best-known artist, died in 1944, aged 81. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39986000/jpg/_39986246_theft_afp203body.jpg'> http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39984000/jpg/_39984632_longscream.jpg'> http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39986000/jpg/_39986246_theft_afp203body.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCosaNostra Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 hahahahahaha, lookit em go!! what makes this better than any other painting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Originally posted by seeking i hate fucking that painting. i hope someone pees in that guys screaming mouth. seeks/hesh Keep your dicks out of paintings. Try fisting it first next time. :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 "ay yo son, I got this painting Dunny, Gimee a few dollas fo it" Who actually is going to purchase this painting off someone? i mean in all actuality, all they can do is hold it for ransom from the museum and demand money.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinchedWaist Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 not a real favorite of mine, although i do like alot of his etchings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 I hope it doesnt get damaged, i love his wood cuts and prints.. so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLode Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by villain I heard about this. They said it was the second time it was stolen in 10 years. They also said it's worth millions of dollars. I for one do not see the point in stealing art. Since the inherent purpose of art is to show it. Who are you going to sell it to? Someone who is going to keep it locked in their basement where only they can see it? I don't understand. At any rate I get a kick out of the idea that armed men steal paintings.... I think it is worth the quite a bit more than millions of dollars. The criminals will probably use it for leverage or maybe ransom for future crimes. The one that was stolen a while back was a different version of this painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colour Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 who would you sell it to? i would imagine there are some very wealthy collectors around the world who dont care to share it with anyone but those in their own little society. i would even say that these guys were hired to steal the painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 http://www.toomuchmetal.com/shop/img/DOKUFAG.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 what's more is HOW would they sell it? Everyone who read about art and collected it would know that it had been stolen. Broad fucking daylight, got some big norweigen balls there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 chances are....that painting already had a buyer. high end art isn't exactly something you steel...then go shopping for a buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Yeah, some black market shit probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 its a hell of a lot cheaper for some filthy rich guy to pay a quality thief 1 million rather than wait for it to go to auction and pay much more. lots of really wealthy fuckers have there own private collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by SteveAustin lots of really wealthy fuckers have there own private collections. http://schema-root.org/region/mideast/saudi_arabia/royalty/prince_salman/prince_salman.jpg'> "It will make a fine piece of my collection" damn oil shieks.... buying whatever they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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