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There have been raids and robberies on galleries, museums and private states for centuries. The aim? To steal timeless masterpieces worth thousands, if not millions. Often unsellable, the thieves range from avid art enthusiasts to opportunists. It has been reported that raids on British galleries of art works and antiques total up to about £500m [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Before the outbreak of World War I, Adolf Hitler was a practicing artist. On two separate occasions, Hitler was denied admission to the Academy for Art Studies in Vienna. He took art very seriously and during his 12-year reign as German Führer, the international art industry was demolished. It has been estimated that Hitler stole [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Art, History · Tagged Academy for Art Studies in Vienna, Adele Block-Bauer, adolf hitler, Alexander Archipenko, Amber Room Organization, Andreas Schlüter, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Art, Astronomer, Baltic Sea, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Catherine Palace, claude monet, degenerate artist, designer, E.G. Bührle, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Emil Georg Bührle, Erich Koch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Esteban Murillo, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wolfram, Henri Matisse, Henry Hatt, Hermitage Museum, Hidden Treasures Revealed, Impressionism, Jesus Christ, Johannes Vermeer, Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, King of Prussia, Meadows Museum, Mona Lisa, Monuments Men, Napoleon, Nazi army, Nazi Germany, nazis, Nuremberg Castle, Pablo Picasso, painter, Paris, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Peter's Basilica, Pforzheim, Red Army in Germany, Red Cross, Royal Air Force, Saint Justa, Saint Petersburg, Saint Rufina, Saito, sculpture, Siegfried Kramarsky, St. Mary's Church, stolen art, Städel museum, the Hermitage, van gogh, Vatican City, Veit Stoss, Vincent van Gogh, Wolfgang Flöttl, wood sculptor
Where there’s life, there’s death. Though a true statement, for some it seems that life and legacy continue on long after death. Many artists, poets, writers, and others have been able to continue to live on through their stories, theories, art, and ideas. Though not immortal, the works of certain people allow them to continue [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed under People · Tagged alfred Wegener, artist, authors, death, edgar allen poe, El Greco, emily dickinson, explorer, famous after death, franz kafka, Galileo, Gregor Johann Mendel, Henry Darger, Henry David Thoreau, kafka, painter, poet, Thoreau, tortured artists, van gogh, Vincent van Gogh, writer
