Two of Auguste Renoir’s most prized paintings have been recovered, three days after thieves stole them from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
On 8 September, armed men banged through a perimeter fence and broke a glass window, disabling a security alarm before cutting out the canvases with an electric saw.
Their escape did not go unnoticed: investigators tracked the thieves to a garden near the building where two of the stolen works had been left behind, and six suspects were later detained.
The Mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer celebrated the recovery, calling the paintings “cultural treasures that belong to the city’s heritage.”
This incident comes amid a string of high‑profile art heists in Europe, reminding authorities and the public alike that priceless masterpieces still face real danger today.
