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By HARRISON SMITH | The Washington Post | Published: March 12, 2021 On the morning of Feb. 12, 1994, a pair of thieves stole a ladder, smashed a second-floor window and made off with a masterpiece from the National Gallery in Oslo, grabbing Edvard Munch s 1893 painting The Scream and leaving behind a pile of broken glass, a pair of wire cutters and a postcard. The front of the card reproduced A Good Story, a painting by Norwegian artist Marit Walle showing three red-faced men howling with laughter. On the back was a message scrawled by one of the thieves: Thanks for the poor security. Security footage revealed that it took less than a minute for the thieves to complete their smash-and-grab, although one of the intruders had fallen down the 12-foot ladder on his first attempt to climb its steps. To get the bulky painting down to the street, he leaned out the window and slid the frame down the ladder s rails, into the hands of his accomplice. ....
Charles Hill, who tracked down stolen masterpieces like 'The Scream,' dies at 73 washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. Email to a Friend 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 ....
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