Munch masterpieces robbed in daylight

Worth millions of dollars, the pictures are among Munch8217;s best-known even though he produced several similar versions of both. Madonna shows a mysterious bare-breasted woman with flowing black hair.

8216;8216;We8217;re following all possible leads 8230; but we don8217;t know who did this,8217;8217; police detective chief inspector Kjell Pedersen told a news conference. One of the thieves spoke during the robbery 8212; in Norwegian. The paintings were later cut from their frames which were found smashed and scattered in an Oslo street. The car was separately found abandoned a few km miles away. Munch, a founder of modern Expressionism who lived from 1863 to 1944, painted both works as part of a series about love, angst and death. 8212;Reuters