Thieves steal 3 paintings from French museum
The Renoir Museum on the French Riviera witnessed a theft of three paintings early Tuesday morning. The thieves broke into the museum before 6 a.m. and stole four paintings, but police chased them and managed to escape with three of the artworks, dropping the fourth during the pursuit. The museum, established in 1960 on a hill in Cagnes-sur-Mer near Nice, houses a collection of 13 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, along with around 40 sculptures, furniture, and photographs. The stolen works are highly valuable, with Renoir's most expensive paintings previously selling for tens of millions of dollars. These thefts are considered an attack on a part of the city’s cultural heritage and artistic history.
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