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Thieves steal paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera

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Thieves steal paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera. (2026, September 8). CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-renoir-museum-heist-9.7335296?cmp=rss

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Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early Tuesday morning, stealing four paintings before abandoning two of them in the gardens. The stolen works are "Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well", both belonging to Paris's Orsay Museum and on loan to Renoir Museum. The heist follows a string of brazen art thefts in France, including a €88 million ($141.5 million Cdn) jewel heist at the Louvre last year. Local mayor Bryan Masson called the theft "particularly serious" as it attacks part of the town's history and heritage.

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Thieves stole four Renoir paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on Tuesday morning around 6 AM local time. The museum's alarm system activated shortly after 5:48 AM, and police arrived within five minutes but did not manage to catch the thieves. The intruders had cut a hole in the garden fence with an electric tool before entering through a ground-floor window. Two of the stolen paintings were later recovered in the museum’s garden as the thieves fled; however, two remain missing — "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well". The theft is part of a series of brazen art heists targeting valuable works across Europe since last year's high-profile Louvre jewelry theft.

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Cagnes-sur-Mer Europol Paris Renoir Museum the Renoir Museum

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Cagnes-sur-Mer GPE · 3× Europol ORG · 2× Paris GPE · 2× Renoir PERSON · 2× Renoir Museum ORG · 2× the Renoir Museum ORG · 2× Bryan Masson PERSON · 1× Masson PERSON · 1× Orsay Museum ORG · 1× Pierre-Auguste Renoir PERSON · 1×

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Thieves grabbed 4 paintings in total, officials say, but abandoned 2 of them as they fled Thieves stole four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, the local mayor said, but dropped two of them in the gardens as police, alerted by alarms, gave chase early Tuesday.

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🔮 Thieves grabbed 4 paintings in total, officials say, but abandoned 2 of them as they fled Thieves stole four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, the local mayor said, but dropped two of them in the gardens as police, alerted by alarms, gave chase early Tuesday.

2026-09-08 · CBC News

Thieves steal paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera · assertive framing

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Thieves steal paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera asserted

Thieves → steal → Riviera

police → grab → chase

The most valuable works of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir have fetched dozens of millions of dollars at auctions. asserted

works → fetch → auctions

Mayor Bryan Masson said the thieves broke into the museum a little before 6 a.m. through a hole made in a garden fence to snatch four paintings — the latest of a series of brazen art thefts in the country. asserted

thieves → say → country

"Attacking the Renoir Museum is attacking a part of the history and heritage of Cagnes-sur-Mer. asserted

Attacking → attack → Mer

These actions are particularly serious," Masson said. asserted

Masson → say → ?

The two stolen paintings were Madame Colonna Romano and Young Woman at the Well, the municipality said. asserted

municipality → steal → Well

Both belong to Paris's famous Orsay Museum and were on loan to Cagnes-sur-Mer's Renoir Museum. asserted

Both → belong → Museum

"It's Renoir's, it is priceless, you cannot sell it like that," the mayor told reporters, speaking in front of the museum. asserted

mayor → sell → museum

The museum was created in 1960 in the mansion of the artist on a hill in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice, where Renoir died in 1919. asserted

Renoir → create → 1919

The collection on display in the museum includes 13 paintings from the master and some 40 sculptures, furniture and photographs. asserted

collection → include → master

Theft follows 2025 Louvre heist 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 last month. asserted

Europol → follow → media

The heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris in October of last year was a prime example of this, Europol said, as the thieves threatened guards and visitors and stole €88 million ($141.5 million Cdn) worth of jewels, such as Empress Eugenie's tiara. asserted

thieves → say → tiara