Works by Czech artist Emil Painter stolen in audacious manner from museum near Prague . Four paintings worth between $ 2 million and $ 3 million taken from collection at Peruc . Works by the artist are currently on display as part of an exhibition on Czech Modernism at the Gallery of Visual Art in Ostrava , Czech Republic , entitled `` Black Suns : Reverse Side of Modernity 1927 -- 1945 . '' Painter 's popularity is growing among local and international art collectors . Filla was once a contemporary of Picasso and Braque , exhibited across Europe and in U.S .
Works by Czech artist Emil Painter stolen in audacious manner from museum near Prague . Four paintings worth between $ 2 million and $ 3 million taken from collection at Peruc . Painter 's popularity is growing among local and international art collectors . Filla was once a contemporary of Picasso and Braque , exhibited across Europe and in U.S .