Charles Hill - Art Detective

March 11 2021

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The New York Times have published an article on the life of the late Charles Hill. Hill, who died last month, worked as a detective at Scotland Yard. He was involved in investigating the theft of Munch's The Scream and Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter with a Maid. The anecdotes within are interesting and very amusing at times.

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