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The Guardian called him "arguably the world's most consistent art thief". [2] He has also been called "one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived", [3] and "one of the greatest art thieves of all time". [4] His thefts resulted in the destruction of many works of art, destroyed by his family to conceal evidence of ...
The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively valued at $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Vermeer's The Concert, which is considered to be the most valuable stolen painting in the world. A reward of $10,000,000 is still ...
In the manga From Eroica With Love, British Earl, Dorian Red, Earl of Gloria, is the notorious art thief, Eroica. Art Historian Noah Charney's 2011 monograph, "The Theft of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the Worlds Most Famous Painting" (ARCA Publications) is a full account of the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum.
“The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession” by Michael Finkel (Alfred A. Knopf) Tales of heists, con artists and even murders permeate all corners of society, from ...
The stolen works were originally procured by art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) and were intended for permanent display at the museum with the rest of her collection. Among them was The Concert, one of only 34 known paintings by Johannes Vermeer and thought to be
Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in ...
In January 2010, Blanchard was released and was reported to be developing a new career as a security consultant. [8]On 22 March 2010, Wired posted an article online from their April 2010 issue called "Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief" written by Joshuah Bearman.
CANTON − The popular genres of true crime and rock 'n' roll documentaries converge in a film about Myles Connor Jr., Milton's notorious rocker turned bank robber and art thief.