Two Renoir paintings recovered after France museum heist, mayor says

The recovered Renoir paintings, valued at millions, were stolen in a daring heist at Cagnes-sur-Mer last month.Published On 10 Oct 202610 Oct 2026Two paintings by the French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen from a museum in southern France a month ago have been recovered, the town’s mayor said.“These two paintings are not simply works of art. They are part of our city’s history,” Bryan Masson, the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice, said on Friday. “Knowing they have been recovered is an immense relief.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Mona Lisa to the Nazis: Robbed often, why latest Louvre theft is differentlist 2 of 3‘War lives in me’: Gaza playwright wins prestigious award in Londonlist 3 of 3Rare Ethiopian manuscript stolen by British forces triggers restitution rowend of listSix people have been arrested in connection with the theft, local authorities said. Masson did not say where the paintings were found or in what condition.How the theft unfoldedTwo thieves broke into the Renoir Museum a little before 6am on September 8, cutting through a fence to enter the grounds, smashing a window and using an electric saw to cut the clips securing...