{"id":45,"date":"2006-05-12T03:51:11","date_gmt":"2006-05-12T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/2006\/05\/12\/3-men-convicted-of-stealing-the-scream-oil-painting\/"},"modified":"2006-05-12T03:51:11","modified_gmt":"2006-05-12T03:51:11","slug":"3-men-convicted-of-stealing-the-scream-oil-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/3-men-convicted-of-stealing-the-scream-oil-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"3 men convicted of stealing &#8220;The Scream&#8221; Oil Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Norwegian court convicted 3 of the 6 men accused in the horrific theft of &#8220;<a title=\"The Scream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/scream.html\">The Scream<\/a>,&#8221; a legendary work by <a title=\"Edvard Munch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/munchpaintings.html\">Edvard Munch<\/a>. \u201cThe Scream\u201d painting is probably the most famous masterpiece of the Norwegian culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian court imprisoned the three men for 8 years in prison and placed a $121,000,000 price tag on the famous oil painting. 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