Reading: The Club Dumas
Pondering: From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. (Edvard Munch)
MUNCH’S FAMOUS ‘SCREAM,’ ‘MADONNA’ STOLEN
Armed thieves burst into museum as stunned visitors looked on
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:59 p.m. ET August 22, 2004
OSLO, Norway - Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece “The Scream†and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.
It was the second time in a decade that a version of the iconic “Scream,†which depicts an anguished, opened-mouthed figure grabbing the sides of its head, had been stolen from an Oslo museum.
The thieves, who fled by car, also grabbed “Madonna,†another priceless painting that along with “Scream†is part of Munch’s “Frieze of Life†series painted in 1893-94, depicting themes of sickness, death, anxiety and love.
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1 Keri // Sep 7, 2004 at 10:36 am
I’ve always loved “Scream”. Keli thought this was so “cool”. She immediately thought about the movie Thomas Crowne Affair, where artwork is stolen in an elaborate scheme from a museum. I told her this plot wasn’t nearly so sophisticated… And I’m sure the thieves weren’t nearly so good looking as Pierce Brosnan~
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