Art heist thieves make off with Renoir paintings worth millions from museum on French Riviera

Artworks stolen from Renoir museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Thieves took four artworks but dropped one as they fled, says mayor of southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer Two thieves have broken into a museum dedicated to the French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stealing four artworks and dropping one as they fled, the local mayor has said. “Spotted thanks to the town’s video surveillance cameras, the two individuals fled, abandoning one of the stolen paintings as they ran,” said Bryan Masson, the mayor of the southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer. His

Sep 8, 2026

Thieves steal four Renoir paintings from French Riviera museum, two still missing

PARIS (AP) — Thieves stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of them as they fled, the local mayor said. Police are searching for the perpetrators. A group of “well-equipped” and “well-informed” thieves entered the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer via the garden, the town’s mayor, Bryan Masson, […]

Sep 8, 2026

Renoir paintings worth millions stolen from provincial French museum

Thieves stole four Renoir paintings worth millions of euros from a French Riviera museum, dropping one as they fled, police said.

Sep 8, 2026

Art heist thieves make off with Renoir paintings worth millions from museum on French Riviera

Two thieves cut through a fence at the French Riviera's Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, stealing four paintings but dropping two as police closed in.

Sep 8, 2026