Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early on 8 September and stole four paintings worth approximately $10.5 million; they abandoned one work as they fled. The heist occurred in the early morning hours.
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Thieves have stolen three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.
PARIS, Sept 8 - The Renoir Museum on the French Riviera was targeted by two thieves who stole three paintings early on Tuesday, the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, where the museum is located, said in a statement on Facebook.
Police are on the hunt for thieves who stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera in an overnight heist. A fourth stolen work was abandoned as they fled.
Police are on the hunt for thieves who stole two paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera in an overnight heist. Two other stolen works were abandoned as they fled.
An early morning heist has allowed thieves to make away with three paintings of the impressionist master that are reportedly worth $14.5 million.
Thieves have stolen four valuable Renoir paintings from a museum on the French Riviera.
Two thieves broke into the museum in the early hours of the morning, stealing four artworks, dropping one as they fled.
The two thieves had attempted to steal a fourth painting, but abandoned it as they ran from the museum.
The paintings by impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir are worth more than $104 million, officials said.
Art thieves in Europe are committing more violent robberies and specialist gangs have been replaced by ad hoc opportunists recruited through social media, pan-European police body Europol said.
A pair of thieves stole two paintings worth millions from a Renoir museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera this morning. The picture-pinchers abandoned two other works – Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano (1910) and Jeune femme au puits (1886) – during their getaway, and are yet to be caught.
Thieves have hit the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera and made off with four valuable paintings by the French impressionist master.
A pre-dawn break-in at the Renoir Museum in southern France saw thieves seize four paintings
Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer.