Charles Hill, detective who found âThe Scream,â dies at 73
By Richard Sandomir New York Times,Updated March 11, 2021, 1:40 p.m.
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A photo provided by the BBC showed Mr. Hill circa 2019.BBC
Charles Hill, a Scotland Yard detective, stood inside a house in Norway and beheld the artistic treasure he had been searching for: âThe Scream,â Edvard Munchâs 1893 masterpiece.
âI unwrapped it from a blue sheet and saw first where Munch had started painting on whatâs now on the back,â Mr. Hill told Garage, a fashion and art magazine, in 2018. âThe picture is painted on heavy cardboard, which surprised me, but I turned it over and there was the famous image, including the original splatter marks where Munch blew out a candle on it. I said something like âHoly mackerelâ while I admired it.â