KT Newton

Almost fifteen years ago, “La Femme à l’Éventail,” also known as “Woman with a Fan,” by Amadeo Modigliani and four other paintings by modern masters, were stolen from the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (MAM Paris).  Similar to the theft of a Delacroix and other paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine…

More than fifty-two years ago, “Roses dans une Verre” (also known as “Roses in a Vase”) by August Renoir, as well as fourteen other paintings and a lithograph, was stolen from the Musée Albert André, a small museum in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in southern France. Similar to the “Skylight Caper” artwork theft in Montreal, Canada just two months…

Almost fifty-three years ago, an oil on canvas painting by Eugène Delacroix, Lionne et Lion dans Leur Antre, also known as Lioness and Lion in a Cave, was stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada, along with a number of other paintings and objects, in the largest art theft in Canadian history. …

In January, we wrote about four paintings stolen from the Museu Chácara do Céu in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during Carnival. Two of those paintings, a Dali and a Matisse, had been stolen before. This month’s “Still Missing” story is about a Frans Hals painting, “Twee Lachende Jongens,” also known as “Two Laughing Boys with a Mug…

Almost nineteen years ago, in February 2006, four paintings, works by Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, were stolen from the Museu Chácara do Céu in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.  All four paintings are still missing today. Where the Theft Happened The Museu Chácara do Céu is an art museum situated…