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Thieves stole four paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, southern France, on September 8. The entire robbery lasted less than five minutes, with two of the paintings left behind during the escape.

The museum's alarm went off at 5:48 a.m. and police arrived five minutes later. But by then, the thieves had left. Of the 12 Renoir works on display at the museum, they took four.

According to the city's mayor, Bryan Masson, the thieves were "well-equipped and prepared." They used a chainsaw to cut through the brackets securing the picture frames.

Two works remain missing. "Madame Colonna Romano" is estimated at 2 million euros, while "Jeune femme au puits" is estimated at 200 thousand euros. The other two paintings, "Portrait de Madame Stephen Pichon" and "Coco lisant", were forced to be left behind by the thieves during their escape.

The municipality called the theft a warning for the security of museums in France. According to it, local authorities cannot afford the ever-increasing cost of security measures alone. For this reason, it asked the French state for more funds to deal with "increasingly organized" criminals. The museum will remain closed until further notice.

Art crime historian Laura Evans told CNN that Renoir is among the artists whose works have been stolen most frequently over the past century. His paintings were stolen in 1951, 1985, 1990, 2000 and again in March of this year.

According to her, Renoir's paintings are small and easy to pick up, making them attractive targets for thieves. However, they are so easily recognized that they are almost impossible to sell. For this reason, all of his previously stolen works have been returned.

"Two or three people, in a matter of minutes, can cause a loss that belongs to all of us," Evans said. According to her, in such cases, not only a painting is stolen, but also the opportunity for future visitors to see it up close.

The theft comes almost a year after the robbery at the Louvre, where thieves also took, within minutes, objects of extraordinary value.

Europol warns that museum thieves are abandoning deception and secrecy and using more aggressive and violent methods. According to the agency, this could indicate the emergence of a new profile of criminals, who have often previously been involved in other types of crime.

They are increasingly targeting precious metals, gemstones, and objects of cultural value, which can be easily sold on the black market.


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