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Confusion Grows Over Stolen Van Gogh Painting

(Aug. 22) -- The investigation into how a Van Gogh painting was snatched from a Cairo museum has turned into a farce worthy of fictional French detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau. News of the painting's theft -- known as both the "Poppy Flowers" and "Vase With Flowers" -- broke Saturday when Egypt's minister of culture...

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10 Scandalous Artists From History

Twenty years after painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo sparked hot dispute with his enormous fresco, The Last Judgment.

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05/16/12 10 Scandalous Artists From History Source: The Huffington Post Twenty years after painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo sparked hot dispute with his enormous fresco, The Last Judgment.
05/16/12 Campaign to save Manet for nation gathers pace Source: Science Blog - University of Oxford When it was announced that Edouard Manet's Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus had been bought by a foreign buyer for Â£28.35 million, the last hope for the painting to remain on public display was for an approved UK public collection to raise Â£7.83 million to take advantage of tax remission.
05/13/12 Manet oil painting 'within reach' Source: New Zealand City An Oxford museum says it is "within reach" of preventing an oil sketch worth millions from leaving the UK.
05/08/12 Manet painting campaign gets ï¿½6m Source: New Zealand City A campaign by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to buy a painting by the French Impressionist Edouard Manet has received a Â£5.9m donation.
05/07/12 Lottery grant brings museum closer to Manet total Source: Oxford Times - Oxford - Oxfordshire - UK An Ashmolean campaign to keep Edouard Manet's Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus in Oxford has been given Â£5.9m Lottery funding.

Background on edouard manet

Édouard Manet ( or ; ; 1832–1883) was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

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