Seven paintings were stolen in the early morning hours at the Kunstal museum in Rotterdam: Picasso's Harlequin Head, 1971; Monet's Waterloo Bridge, London, 1901, and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Henri Matisse's Reading Girl in White and Yellow, 1919; Paul Gauguin's Girl in Front of Open Window, 1898; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait, circa 1890, and Lucian Freud's 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed. The estimated worth? Hundreds of millions of euros! I can't imagine what it takes to do something like this, or what it would be like to have the paintings in one's possession, but apparently there are those out there who are willing to risk much to attain them. More info may be found HERE.
Whodunnit?
Seven paintings were stolen in the early morning hours at the Kunstal museum in Rotterdam: Picasso's Harlequin Head, 1971; Monet's Waterloo Bridge, London, 1901, and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Henri Matisse's Reading Girl in White and Yellow, 1919; Paul Gauguin's Girl in Front of Open Window, 1898; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait, circa 1890, and Lucian Freud's 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed. The estimated worth? Hundreds of millions of euros! I can't imagine what it takes to do something like this, or what it would be like to have the paintings in one's possession, but apparently there are those out there who are willing to risk much to attain them. More info may be found HERE.
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Does the thrill come from having the paintings or in the stealing of the paintings? I would think in the stealing for the theives and in the having for whoever paid them. There is an underground market for anything, the good, the bad and the ugly. Why does no one steal a Kassan?
A Kassan? If they haven't already they certainly will! He is a favorite of mine. Speaking on the same subject, one of my dad's paintings was cut away from its frame and removed from where it was hanging in a public location with a handful other his other paintings. I will have to share that story one some day but right now I am still so angry about it! Thanks for your comment.
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