Art news 2012  >>  The thief who has stolen pictures of Munch, itself became an artist

The inhabitant of Norway Pal Enger who twice was taking part in abduction of pictures of Munch, decided to become an artist.

Enger organized in Oslo in small gallery an exhibition from the fourteen pictures. Enger considers that his pictures aren't worse than what usually expose in large galleries. He hopes to make good money sale of pictures, and, thereby, to induce the children to them to be proud.

In 1988 Pal Enger stole the picture "Vampire" from Munch's Museum. It was trapped and spent some years in prison. In 1994, having appeared on freedom, Enger with the accomplice attacked on located in the capital of Norway National gallery and took out from it one of author's options of the well-known picture "Shout". The police without delay solved a crime, and Enger again appeared behind a lattice.

In Enger's interview declared that to the most noisy abduction of the original of the picture "Shout" which happened in 2004, it has no relation.

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