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East Timor: Fresh paint over the scars of violence

East Timor’s image of a war-torn nation. For months workers have been busy painting the facades ... .JPG east-timor.jpg (east timor fresh paint over scars violence) (Asia ...

State returns paintings looted by Nazis

000News 650.jpg Two 15th-century paintings confiscated by the Nazi ... as part of the national collection. They are anonymous Florentine paintings, known as Portrait of a Woman ... with this type of issue, has decided that the paintings are the property of the heirs of art collector Leo Nardus ...

UN report paints bleak picture for Somalia

Location New York United States of America International News Bulletin none ...

The Day the World Came to an End

in the explosion. He painted more than 20 canvases, almost all identical. A dead body lies in the foreground whilst ... . Painting by Egbert van der Poel (1654) Carl Fabritius self-portrait Painting by Carl ...

'The Back' by Bernard Dewulf

sets out to paint his former lover. [media:audio]   Flemish writer Bernard Dewulf was born ... geschildered zee’ (The Painted Sea) and ‘Bijlichtingen: kijken naar schilders’ (Spotights: looking ... well-known for painting more than 350 nude portraits of his wife, Marthe. Dewulf also references ...

Rembrandt sold for record amount

Rembrandt ANP-10855130.jpg A painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt has ... for a Rembrandt and the fifth highest price for any Old Master at auction. The painting, “Portrait of a man ... tunic he is wearing. It was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1658 during one of his most artistically ...

The Girl at the Window

Ursula painting.jpg Not a Bulletin Anna Yeadell searches for the artist of a painting she has admired ... with 90 year old artist Ursula Pusch-Wennrich.       [media:audio] I have a painting ...

A rubbish show

]   Envirominute: waste This week’s Envirominute paints a global picture of waste and consumption. Listen ...

Munch litho stolen in Norway

years ago, the world famous paintings The Scream and Madonna were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo in an armed raid in broad daylight. The two paintings were found two years later. Three men ... and the paintings were too well-known to sell. Picture: Munch signature - Wikimedia Commons   (Edvard ...

Art robbery in South of France

from a house in the south of France. The paintings, which include works by Picasso and Henri ... Year’s Eve, a painting by impressionist Edgar Degas was taken from a museum in Marseille ...

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