10 thefts world war trauma

Great Product Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci painter had been an employee of the Louvre (France) stolen in 1911, with the original intention of bringing it back to the home to Italy.

1. The theft "Mona Lisa"

Officials are checking files Mona Lisa , the Uffizi gallery in care when Vincenzo Perugia tried to sell it to them, after the theft at the Louvre.

In 1911, Vincenzo Perugia, Italy, an immigrant and an employee of the Louvre, was inserted pictureMona Lisa in the jacket and then calmly went out. First, the man's intention is to bring back the famous paintings of da Vinci for his country Italy. However, two years after the thieves were arrested while trying to sell the painting to a museum in Perugia, Italy, and to get the sentence one year in prison. According to the Telegraph , after the incident, security at the Louvre has been tightened.

2. "Scream" ( The Scream ) with two stolen guns

Two masterpieces The Scream (left) and Madonna (right) of Edvard Munch, stolen in 2004.

Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter of the school show, drew four different versions of the famous painting The Scream from 1893 to 1910. Since then, half of the stolen paintings and the most serious was in 2004, when two gunmen walked off with a version with pictures Madonna 's and Munch, Munch Museum in Oslo. In 2006, the competition cheeky thief has been arrested and punished, but the picture is damaged part.

3. Art theft to leave a message

On 4/29/2003, a message is the police found when they discovered three paintings stolen from Whitworth Museum, Manchester (UK).

Police suspect professional thieves have carried out the break in 2003 at the Museum Whitworth, after they pass the alarm system, security forces and surveillance cameras to come third parcel picture of the artist Gauguin, Van Gogh and Picasso. The booty was stuffed them behind a public toilet, the museum not to 400m. It is worth noting that the thieves left a manuscript attached that says: "Our aim is not stolen paintings, but to warn of bad security systems of the museum." While officials are skeptical about leaving a message because they think the thieves knew that never could sell the paintings, the Museum Whitworth had to strengthen their security systems.

4. A thief precious beads 5 picture

Police check outside the picture frame contemporary art museum in Paris on 20.10.2010 countries, where five works were stolen.

Last year alone thieves dressed in black broke the lock and break a window at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris country, walked off with the paintings of Picasso, Matisse and other artists.The painting was initially lost an estimated $ 500 million, but then rounded down to 100 million euro.Officials admit the new alarm system of the museum was not working well for several weeks before the burglary occurred. 5 paintings stolen is Dove with Green Peas by Pablo Picasso (painted 1911),Pastoral by Henri Matisse (1906), Olive Tree near l'Estaque by Georges Braque (1906), Woman with Fan by Amedeo Modigliani (1919) and Still Life with Candlestick by Fernand Leger (1922).

5. A series of burglaries at the Van Gogh Museum

Files Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh.

In 1991, two thieves broke into the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and took 20 paintings, including works of famous Sunflowers (Sunflowers). Fortunately, the art world breathed a sigh of relief when all the paintings were found intact, in a car escaped several hours later. In 2002, two other thieves took two paintings in the museum as well. They soon arrested and sentenced in 2003, but the picture has not been found.

6. 007-style robbery

The pirates with weapons had already removed three paintings from the National Museum of Sweden.

In 2010, a burglary-style James Bond 007 spy happens when three masked robbers on and holding machine guns broke into the National Museum of Sweden. They instance the police to focus on the fake bomb was placed around the city, but they then broke into the museum freely. Then, the robbers escaped with mischief paintings worth up to $ 30 million, on a high speed boat waiting. Finally, eight men were also arrested and all three paintings, including two pictures of the Renoirs and a Rembrandt, are back.

7. Two stolen paintings lawyers

Empty boxes where to painting Madonna with the Yarnwinder (Mary the spinning tree) of Leonardo Da Vinci after being stolen, at Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland.

In 2003, the painting Madonna with the Yarnwinder of artist Leonardo Da Vinci, worth from 45 to 50 million, stolen from the home of the Duke of Buccleuch in Scotland. The two men joined a tour to visit the house, then protection control to steal the painting. The picture is very negative signal never heard until 2007, when it was discovered in a law firm in Scotland. Then some of the culprits were arrested, including two lawyers.

8. Masked thief beads of Van Gogh paintings

Files Poppies near Vetheuil by Claude Monet.

In 2008, the masked thief took four masterpieces by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet, worth about 84 million pounds from a museum in Switzerland. Four pictures from the scene of the late 19th century as Poppies near Vetheuil by Claude Monet, Count Lepic and his Daughters by Edgar Degas, Blossoming Chestnut Branch by Vincent Van Gogh and Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul Cezanne.

9. Bus driver stolen paintings to protest the U.S. government

The British police detectives found evidence in a male toilet, at the National Exhibition on 23.08.1961, after the theft of the painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya on 24 / 5 / 1965 (left). The officials check the status of the painting is stolen after it is returned (right).

In 1961, retired bus driver Kempton Bunton stole the painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington to protest, after the U.S. government spent $ 392,000 to buy and keep it in the national exhibition. Three weeks after the government bought the painting, Bunton had beaded it and escaped through the bathroom window of the exhibitors. Finally, he returned the painting to the authorities and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 months.

10. The theft shocked America

What the empty frame, after the painting Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt and The Concert by Vermeer stolen, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Isabella Stewart Gardner, a collector in Boston (USA), has collected many works of art in the tour around Europe. She suggested I turn the house into a museum for display of these works, he died. In 1990, two men disguised as police and security officers control. Then they disappeared with the works of three pictures of Rembrandt, 5 A sketch of Degas, Manet and a picture of one of Vermeer, with a total value of USD 300 million. Two decades later, though officials USD 5 million reward, but no paintings have been regained.