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“Though his mobility was restricted, Renoir painted there until his death, in 1919.”
“Authorities attribute the robbers’ bungle to the museum’s security system and the quick response of local police.”
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“In 1907, he and his wife, Aline, purchased and developed a hilltop estate in Cagnes-sur-Mer dotted with olive, orange and fig trees.”
“Its collection comprises photographs and letters, 13 original paintings, and about 40 sculptures.”
“The thieves made off with Young Woman at the Well (1886), which is worth about $230,000.”
“In last year’s infamous Louvre heist , scootering criminals fled with French crown jewels.”
“And earlier this summer, jewelry and artwork valued at $5 million was taken from France’s Lalique Museum.”
“He relied on assistants to place a paintbrush in his hand and mix his paints, and he applied smaller brushstrokes to canvases fixed to a rotating easel so he could paint large works despite his limited reach.”
““The museum alarm went off at 5:48 a.m.,” Masson told reporters, per AFP.”
““At 5:53 a.m., just five minutes later, our municipal police were on the scene.” Madame Colonna Romano (1910), worth more than $2.3 million, is also missing.”
“City of Cagnes-sur-Mer In France’s latest art heist, two thieves broke into Pierre-Auguste Renoir ’s house and stole four of his paintings.”
“Thieves Broke Into a French Museum and Made Off With Renoir Paintings Worth More Than $2.5 Million Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.”
“The burglars entered Cagnes-sur-Mer’s Renoir Museum , housed in the estate where the famed Impressionist spent the last decade of his life, before sunrise this morning.”
“This spring, thieves stole $10 million worth of paintings by Renoir, Henri Matisse and Paul Cézanne from an Italian museum.”
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“Pierre-Auguste Renoir via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Renoir, born in France in 1841, was one of Impressionism’s founding artists.”
“In 1960, Renoir’s son Claude sold the estate to the village of Cagnes, which turned it into a museum.”
“Before the two abandoned paintings were recovered, the mayor’s office had valued the thieves’ haul at some $10 million, reports Agence France-Presse .”
“Masson told reporters that the French government should help local museums protect art from “increasingly organized and determined criminals,” per BBC News.”