Monday, August 30, 2004

"The Scweam"

In an effort to ease the pain of the theft of the famous painting " the Scream," by Edward Munch, the family of classic Warner Bros. cartoon director Chuck Jones has donated the late director's lithograph, "The Scweam," a parody of Munch's work to the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

From the Business Wire article:

According to Craig Kausen [Jones' grandson], the Jones family is all too aware of the emotions surrounding the theft of beloved works of art, having suffered through a string of burglaries from their own galleries in the early 1990s. "Chuck was very philosophical about the first theft," said Kausen. "In fact, he said he felt flattered that someone would go to the trouble to steal one of his paintings. However, when the second painting was stolen, it was much more aggravating. We certainly empathize with the curators and the staff of the Munch Museum."


See the lithograph of "The Scweam" here

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