Tip 1: How to find stolen paintings
Tip 1: How to find stolen paintings
It would seem quite obvious: to find stolen paintings, you need to briefly visit the "skin" of a thief. And try to imagine how it is possible to think over the plan for theft and how to implement it. And also where works of art can be hidden and where to realize them. But knowledge of the laws will not help here. If this were so easy, then many works of art would have already been in their original place.
Sometimes an attacker gives out the place itselfCrime. More precisely - the evidence left on it, the presence of unwitting witnesses and the extraordinary behavior of thieves. For example, in 2000, the National Museum of Stockholm witnessed the bold stealing of three paintings by two famous artists: Renoir and Rembrandt. The kidnapping was planned by a criminal group of people who knew a lot about art. After all, the total value of the paintings is at least $ 30 million. Gave them the craving for romance and adventure. They boarded a motor boat and left the point of the incident, leaving behind a crowd of onlookers. As a result, after about six months, the case of kidnapping was discovered. Almost a comic incident occurred in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. The kidnappers of the two paintings worked very energetically and even managed to escape from the police. This time the thieves brought a banal haste, because the "sprawlers" left their heads on the spot. And in them, of course, were the hair. Thanks to the DNA samples obtained, the villains were immediately subjected to a righteous trial. There were times when famous canvases in art galleries were carried calmly in broad daylight, despite the vigilant attention of many guards. The Scottish castle of Drumlaringe still keeps memories of how the robbers in 2003 pretended to be policemen and told their excursion group that they were conducting exercises so that people would not panic when they began to take the picture of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna with a Spindle. And one of the most grandiose robberies occurred in the museum of Isabella Stewart Gardner of Boston. There, by deceiving the guard, 13 paintings with a total cost of $ 500 million were taken out. The paintings are searched for at times in places where the abductors are trying to sell them. It can be sites and color-decorated auction catalogs with photos of works of art posted in them. Masterpieces can easily be in private homes of unsuspecting owners who bought them. It is natural that searching for the loss often requires a carefully planned operation involving special services. In addition, there are many curious facts about the abduction of paintings. For example, sometimes innocent people fall into suspicion, that is, talented artists who make copies of popular canvases. Interestingly, in the history of mankind, Picasso's paintings were often stolen. It also turned out that most of the kidnappers, who were able to expose, hid their acquisitions in cemeteries and in storage cells. It is noteworthy that the legendary picture of Rembrandt, because of its fairly small size (29.99 / 24.99 cm), managed to steal as many as 4 times. The motivation of thieves may not succumb to any logic. For example, paintings were sometimes abducted not for the purpose of profit and resale, but because of the love of art. The connoisseur of beauty and antiquity Stefan Breitvizer just stole more than 200 different antiques in just 7 years of traveling around Europe, including paintings. All this he collected exclusively for his home. Targets of kidnappers can even deserve respect. For example, the Italian Vincenzo Perugia, who worked in the Louvre art gallery, was a patriot of his country. And for this reason he decided to take home the masterpieces of Italian painting. Naturally, public opinion fully supported him, and he escaped punishment. From all of the above, it can be concluded that the fate of stolen paintings can be very difficult to track. That's why it takes them many years to find them.
Tip 2: How to steal a picture of Salvador Dali "Don Juan Tenorio"
From the New York Picture Gallery locatedIn Manhattan, was stolen the original painting of the famous artist Salvador Dali. This canvas is called "Don Juan Tenorio". The most interesting is that a painting worth about 150 thousand dollars was taken from the museum at the peak hour literally in front of the guard.
This incident occurred on Tuesday, June 19,However, it became known only 3 days later - on the 22nd. The first person to learn about the kidnapping of the canvas by Salvador Dali is Adam Lindeman, the owner of the picture gallery on Madison Avenue. He immediately announced to the police as soon as he discovered the loss of the picture. It is very curious that the criminal managed to take the canvas out of the hall on the 3rd floor, and at the rush hour, and even in the presence of a security officer. According to one of the versions, this happened as follows: a young man went to the canvas and asked the guard to allow the picture to be photographed. The security officer denied him, and then he had to immediately distract himself to another visitor. Taking advantage of the moment, the kidnapper put the picture in a shopping bag and then disappeared from the crime scene. There is another version: as the New York Post reported, the thief told the guard that he wanted to photograph a work of art. The guard, in turn, did not object, but asked not to use the flash, after which he was distracted by another visitor. A thief quietly took off the canvas, put it in his bag and disappeared. Nevertheless, the attacker clearly recorded the cameras installed in the gallery. The record shows that he was wearing a plaid shirt and went into the picture gallery with a black bag. After some time, the criminal again came under the attention of the cameras - this time he was holding a bag in which, without a doubt, the picture was already lying. This was understandable by the outlines of the bag. "The police are still searching for a robber," the BBC reports. It should be noted that this is not the first time that the paintings of Spanish artists were stolen this year. In January 2012, criminals who stole three paintings from the Athenian art gallery, acted with less cynicism, but the technical training was quite high. The thieves turned off the alarm and cracked the metal door. Penetrating inside the gallery, the attackers stole 3 canvases, one of which was "The Head of a Woman" by Pablo Picasso. The second stolen exhibit was a picture of Mondrian's hand, dated 1905, with a picture of a mill by the river. It was one of the founders of abstract painting. His canvas was kept by the Greek collector Alexandros Pappas. Later - in 1963 - the picture was redeemed from the collector and presented to the gallery.
