The obligatory pic.
Posted on 04/28/2005 2:35:50 PM PDT by aculeus
The Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" have been incinerated, according to newspaper Dagbladet, citing criminal sources and a top secret police report.
The paper claimed Thursday that the paintings were destroyed in order to get rid of damning evidence as the police investigation closes in on the culprits behind the robbery.
Investigation leader Iver Stensrud of the Oslo police said he had no knowledge of the supposedly secret report acknowledging the destruction of the paintings.
"This is completely unknown to Oslo police. I basically have no comment and normally we do not use Dagbladet as a reliable source here at the Oslo police," Stensrud told NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting).
Three people are in custody in connection with the Munch robbery, but none of them are linked to crime via technical evidence, and the pair that carried out the heist are considered to be at large.
Dagbladet cited both criminal and police sources in their reportage, and said that police expect new arrests in the case shortly.
(Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB)
This is an article from www.aftenposten.no. Updated: 28. april 2005 kl.12:00 © Aftenposten Multimedia.
Publisher: Aftenposten Multimedia A/S, Oslo, Norway.
Burned or 'relocated' to a police chief's basement?
The Night Fox would never burn a painting. I can see burning a forgery to throw off the police.
It's enough to make someone scream.
Its not like they were a grandma moses or a norman rockwell.
"The scream" always made me think the person was being burned alive. Life imitates art.
:o)
Dammmmmmmmm...I want to Scream!!!!!!!
lol!
Art ping.
Please let me know if you want on or off the art ping list.
Reserving judgment for now on the veracity of this.
no loss
I love that pic...just found it and posted it.
Munch never painted a masterpiece.
I visited the Munch Museum in Norway. The man was obviously miserable and he wanted to share the experience with the viewers of his work. The most depressing experience of my life. They should hand out Prozac at the door.
:-)
I read that that The Scream was painted shortly after A large volcanic explosion (Krakatoa?) and that the sky really was that red at sunset.
There's apparently some dispute about whether or not "the Scream" and "the Madonna" by Edvard Munch were actually destroyed.
I don't have the link, but according to the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier-Journal, the Norwegian police are "disputing" "sensational newspaper reports."
That's hilarious!
Good PING to the VK's - come and see art imitating us!!
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