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German Restorers Find Hidden Munch Work
Fri Jun 3, 4:21 PM ET
An unknown painting by Edvard Munch has been found after restorers discovered it hidden behind another canvas.
The picture, found in the Kunsthalle, the main art museum in the northern city of Bremen, shows three masklike faces looking down toward a naked, seated girl.
Restorers discovered it hidden on a second canvas behind the museum's only Munch work, "The Dead Mother," director Wulf Herzogenrath said Friday.
The museum has christened the find "Girl and Three Men's Heads" and dated it 1898.
Herzongrath said the picture was a boon for an art world still smarting from the theft of a version of Munch's famous "The Scream" and another picture from a museum in Oslo in 2004. Neither painting, worth tens of millions of dollars each, has been recovered.
"The Scream"
Herzongrath said the newly revealed work, which remained undetected for more than 100 years, was "priceless."
The museum said that while the painting is unsigned, experts were sure it was Munch's and that it was produced days before the picture that concealed it.
Barbara Nierhoff, a German art historian, said the Norwegian painter and graphic artist, who worked in Germany as well as his home country, may have laid the second canvas on top simply because he didn't have a spare frame.
Richard Belzer as Det. John Munch
I KNEW BELZER WAS QUITE MULTI-FACETED BUT WHO KNEW DET. MUNCH ALSO PAINTED???
Speaking of Belzer, let's take this time to point out the following:
Richard Belzer reprises his acerbic character Detective John Munch “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” after first portraying Munch on NBC’s critically acclaimed drama series “Homicide: Life on the Street” for seven seasons. His character transferred from Baltimore to New York to join the crime unit.
“This is one conspiracy in which I was a willing participant,” says Belzer, a renowned conspiracy theorist. In fact, Belzer has played Detective Munch on a record number of television series— “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Homicide,” “The X-Files,” and “The Beat.”
The veteran stand-up comic, actor, talk-show host and author was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Due to his “uncontrollable wit,” Belzer was politely asked to leave every school he ever attended. He first worked as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post and several other newspapers around the country. This interest in journalism is traced directly to his days as a paperboy in his hometown. Belzer honed his life experiences into barbed comedic material drawn from other former jobs including teacher, census-taker, jewelry salesman and dockworker.
Belzer began his career in show business with a starring role in Groove Tube, the counterculture film that went on to become a cult classic. Since then, Belzer’s comedic talents have been featured in every entertainment medium from off-Broadway (“The National Lampoon Show” with Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and John Belushi) to radio (“Brink and Belzer” on WNBC) to film (“Fame,” “Author, Author,” “Night Shift” and “Scarface”). He also appeared as himself in the Andy Kaufman biopic “Man on the Moon.” His other film credits include “Species II,” “Get on the Bus,” “Girl 6,” “A Very Brady Sequel,” “North,” “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and “The Big Picture.” Additionally, Belzer starred in his own HBO comedy special, “Another Lone Nut,” and released a comedy CD of the same title. He hosted ABC’s primetime special “When Cars Attack,” starred in the six-part comedy Showtime series “The Richard Belzer Show,” hosted the live Lifetime talk show, “Hot Properties,” and Court TV’s “Crime Stories.”
Belzer is also the author of “UFOs, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe,” and is the co-author of “How to Be a Standup Comic.” He hosted and produced “The Belzer Connection, a series of conspiracy-theory prime time specials for the Sci-Fi Channel. He is currently writing, producing, and starring in a sketch comedy style feature film satire This is America.for Madonna’s Maverick Films. A companion book is being published by Judith Regan’s imprint, Regan Books.
Belzer was honored by the New York Friars Club and the Toyota Comedy Festival as the honoree of the first ever roast that was open to the public. Comedians and friends on the dais included Roast master Paul Shaffer, Christopher Walken, Danny Aiello, Barry Levinson, Robert Klein, Bill Maher, SVU co-stars Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, and Dann Florek, and Law & Order’s Jerry Orbach.
Belzer and his wife, actress Harlee McBride, live in New York City while filming the series and in France during the remainder of the year.
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