英國畫家培根5幅名畫失竊 價值超過3000萬歐元

Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated 30m euros have been stolen from the Madrid home of their owner, El Pais reported on last Sunday.

西班牙大報《鄉村報》上週日報道，英國藝術家弗朗西斯·培根價值預計達3000萬歐元的5幅畫在馬德里一收藏家的住所內失竊。

Sources close to the investigation said the theft appeared to have been a highly-professional operation which took place while the owner was away, with the perpetrators disabling the alarm system.

據接近該案件調查的消息人士透露，竊賊似乎非常專業，他們趁主人外出時行竊，並關閉了警報裝置。

The thieves, who left no trace of their handiwork, had tracked the owner's movements to ensure he did not return to his apartment to catch them red-handed, they said.

消息人士表示，這些竊賊沒有留下任何痕跡，並曾經跟蹤過主人的行蹤，以此確保主人不會在返回住所的時候當場抓住他們。

El Pais quoted the sources as saying the artwork, comprising portraits and landscapes, was stolen last June. It was not immediately clear why news of the theft was not made public until now. It was also unclear exactly which paintings were involved, but one contemporary art specialist told the paper they would be extremely difficult to sell.

《鄉村報》引用消息來源稱，失竊畫作中既有人物肖像也有風景畫。該案件發生在去年6月，但爲什麼案情直至近日纔對外公佈，目前還不得而知。目前也還不清楚哪些畫作被盜，但是一位當代藝術專家告訴該報稱，這些盜賊很難轉手賣掉這些畫。

"It is not at all easy to sell a Francis Bacon." said the expert, speaking on condition of anonymity. The owner of the paintings was a close friend of Bacon, the paper said.

一位不願透露姓名的專家表示：“出售弗蘭西斯·培根的作品可不是件容易的事情。” 根據該報報道，這些畫作的主人是培根生前的密友。

Irish-born Bacon died in Madrid in 1992 aged 82 and his expressionist-surrealist works, which are often raw and emotional, remain hugely sought after.

培根是生於愛爾蘭的英國畫家，他於1992年在馬德里去世，享年82歲。他的超現實主義作品往往是原始的、感性的，直到現在仍然備受追捧。