Munch's "The Scream" stolen

[Toe]

http://www.eyeconart.net/history/20th%20c./expressionism/MunchScream93.jpg
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=6037292

Munch made a couple (3, I think) versions of it, but it still sucks incredibly. :(

[jkrzok]

Now I"ll see that Scream character as a crime victim.

I've often wondered if it'd be possible to just take a painting off the wall and walk out the door. Better get that Renoir quick; security should tighten up as a result of the Scream.

[Todd The Kiwi]

i reckon this is one REALLY overated painting
Picasso too i think is shit
give me the legendary DALI any day

[jkrzok]

You either get the Scream or you don't. I understand why it's screaming; I feel the same way sometimes. So for me it's a great work of art. If you don't think so, well It really doesn't matter, you're not wrong either.

I think it's important to actually see the real work itself. I used to think Renoir was an overrated hack; Masterpieces of the Phillips Collection came to Buffalo and I completely changed my mind. Picasso left me unmoved. Van Gogh was outstanding. I think you have to inhale deep to get Dali.

It's almost like the difference between live and recorded music. There's no substitute for the real thing.

[Todd The Kiwi]

I think you have to inhale deep to get Dali
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
it certainly helps man:nervous:
i've been looking at getting a huge lithograph of some of his stuff for ages
might scare the goldfish though...

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

You either get the Scream or you don't. I understand why it's screaming; I feel the same way sometimes. So for me it's a great work of art. If you don't think so, well It really doesn't matter, you're not wrong either.


Actually, the man in the painting is not screaming at all, but it horrified by the screams that come from around him. I saw a documentary on National Geographic once and it showed the exact place where this painting was drawn somewhere on the outskirts of Oslo. The narrator described the situation as a young man who has been grown up under terrible circumstances with a very religious and harsh father. His brother died of a disease at a young age and his sister died from the anger his father inflicted on all of them (ie she could bare living anymore). Munch, however, recovered and started painting in order to express his feelings. One particular evening he went to that spot on the painting and looked across Oslo. On this hill he was standing near by the fence when he was suddenly grasped by a terrifying sense of horror, which was partly caused by the screams coming from a derelict house at the bottom of the hill. I cannot remember what type of building it was, except that it was a very inhospitable place. Together with the sunset, brightly red and his horrible past, Munch was inspired to paint this particular painting. :grimreape

All in all this painting has quite a history

NB. I may be slightly wrong in the details, but at least you get the idea ;)

ps The fence is not one that belongs to a bridge. This is also often misinterpreted. It's on the slope of a hill where a path goes so no one accidently falls down the hill and kills himself.

[B.E.L.B.H.D.]

I've often wondered if it'd be possible to just take a painting off the wall and walk out the door. Better get that Renoir quick; security should tighten up as a result of the Scream.

I do not think it was that hard for them, since both the security guards and police do not carry guns.

[-swt-]

Munch made a couple (3, I think) versions of it, but it still sucks incredibly. :(
well... Munch made 4 Versions ;)
however...


-> Armed Robbers Steal Munch's 'The Scream' in Oslo @ Reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=6037144) <-
i think that it will be very hard for the Police to find those Robbers...


Friday May 16, 2003 :
-> The world's dearest pinch of salt taken in 54 seconds @ Guardian Unlimited (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/arttheft/story/0,13883,1034246,00.html) <-
and still nothing... :depressed

[Toe]

It appears that it's been slightly defaced... (http://www.deviantart.com/view/10016826/)

[jkrzok]

It appears that it's been slightly defaced... (http://www.deviantart.com/view/10016826/)

That's just the Pillsbury branded version of The Scream.

[Todd The Kiwi]

i hear some more paintings were pinched the other day.
not even the good stuff either
QUOTE=PRIMUS - what a couple of dumbshits :cyclops:

[jkrzok]

Police have recovered the Scream. (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-31T193613Z_01_L31438232_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ART-SCREAM.xml&src=rss)

Authorities didn't say how they did it, but did say that no ransom was paid "as of today."

Things that make you go hmmm...

[Willow of Oz]

i reckon this is one REALLY overated painting
Picasso too i think is shit
give me the legendary DALI any day

There's a picasso thingo in Melbourne at the moment - the war years (1935 - 1945). At least one painting was dated 1946 though.

It was definitely better seeing it in person. And having the guide explain what was going on in his life when he was painting these, and what he was trying to accomplish.

[acushla]

i reckon this is one REALLY overated painting
Picasso too i think is shit
give me the legendary DALI any day
I'm TOTALLY in agreement with you here, Todd.

My favourite painter (other than some very obscure French Painters) is GAUGUIN.

I also like FRIDA KAHLO.