They don't have Renoirs in Australia

March 12 2013

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Picture: Adelaide Now

The theft of six paintings from a house in Adelaide, one of which was apparently a Renoir (above), prompts an unusual comment from the Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Jane Messenger. She doubts that anyone would own a Renoir in Australia:

"It is an very unusual situation that such a masterpiece is within a private home," she said.

"It would be an exceptional circumstance to have a Renoir in a private collection in Australia."

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