The chocolate boxiest of all the impressionists has long had his haters – even Manet thought he was rubbish. Little surprise then that the thieves ditched two works on the way out Stealing from the Louvre you can understand. I mean, who wouldn’t want a Géricault or Leonardo to hang in the downs...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/sep/08/why-would-anyone-bother-stealing-a-renoir-boris-johnson)

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