They don't have Renoirs in Australia
March 12 2013
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."
