Hello people!
Well, as promised here it is another great post about art heists. I hope you’ve read my last two posts, especially the last one because this one has some details similar to Mona Lisa’s theft. For example, and this may be nothing but I thought it is interesting, the Mona Lisa was stolen 100 years ago and Goya's portrait of The Duke of Wellington was stolen 50 years after that and check this out: both of them where actually stolen the same day: August 21st ! Looks like a taboo date or something… just kidding. Moving on, this The Duke of Wellington theft occurred kind of a similar way as Mona Lisa’s, but instead of slipping it under his coat, the thief took it from the National Gallery and literally climbed through a bathroom’s window and left. As simple as it sounds. (Nairne)
This was a huge shock to the National Gallery since they just paid around $392,000 to an American buyer who wanted to take the painting to the USA, so after the almost lost painting due to this incident and then the actually stolen painting most have being really frustrating for the gallery. But after stealing the painting Kempton Bunton, a retired bus driver and the thief, also asked for an amount of money like the last one, and just said that he wanted that money for charity. (Iqbal)
Can you believe him? Bunton explained in the first of a sequence of posts on August 31st, that he didn’t wanted to sell the painting, but still he asked around $392,000 not for the painting, but for charity. As for that, he didn’t receive the money, but he still gave Goya’s The Duke of Wellington painting 4 years later, voluntarily. At first the police didn’t knew who the thief was, since Bunton sent a claim ticket to London’s Daily Mirror so that they could pick up the painting, but some weeks later they he offered himself to the police too. (Listverse) (Iqbal)
And after all the problems the National Gallery had, Kempton Bunton was kept in prison just for some months, and that because he kept refusing to pay his fee. Quite shocking, isn’t it? After having this famous painting stolen and kept by four years, the police only decided to put him in prison for not even a year. But well, that’s how some governments control their problems. (Nairne)
What do you think? Did liked it? I hope you did. So, please look forward for my next post, next week! Thank you all.
Bibliography.-
Iqbal, Nosheen. guardian.co.uk. Thursday 19 de February de 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/feb/19/greatest-art-heists-in-pictures#/?picture=343500666&index=1.
LISTVERSE. Art & Literature. 29 de August de 2007. http://listverse.com/2007/08/29/top-10-art-thefts-of-the-20th-century/.
Sandy, Nairne. guardian.co.uk. Friday 5 August 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/aug/05/art-theft-duke-wellington-goya.
Stephany, your posts are always interesting! And of course I like this new post and I’m kind of intriguing who people can steal costly painting and security didn’t notice, that not good really, but anyway I thing that was right that police only put the man in jail for months, because he return back the painting, 4 year later but he returned it, so it was okay, by the way he was doing for charity that’s cute.
ResponderEliminarWell as I always I told you I really enjoy reading your bolg, it is fascinated to know how some people still art and is funny at the same time. Continue doing as well, and I see you next week.
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Epy,
ResponderEliminarThe few post you had published by now, RULES!!!
Art heist is cool :D
Is really interesting to know how people can steal arts so easily, but there's a notorious difference about climb through a restroom's window and to slip something under your jacket.
Anyway, it is still really cool. I like it :B
But I think it is also questionable, why did he heist a painting if he wanted money for a charity? Instead of stealing a painting, Bunton may have sell something and gain honest money to give to the charity organization, and feel the satisfaction of make that beneficent act by doing an effort to help others.
However, that's how people is.
Thanks for the information,
Goodbye,
DTB,
I’ll be looking forward to your next post.
Haha I really can’t believe this, how could someone escaped for this kind of robbery again, it seems like nobody learn the lesson. I believe that no one cares about any art piece. Also I think that this could be like a conspiracy, there is no way that this was a casualty; I mean, the same date, the asking of money for charity. This kind of facts makes me wonder a lot of things about the author’s purpose, but at least you are that person you just can guess. Anyways I just wanted to say that I really liked your post, and the previous one. I have enjoyed your post a lot, you are a really god reporter :P hahaha I hope that you get to write more about this topic; seriously, every week I get into your blog to look for a new post. Keep writing like this :D pliss!!!
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