Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI has added a stolen Renoir painting to its global gallery of most wanted art pieces, the bureau announced Tuesday.
Last year an armed man with a ski mask swiped the painting, “Madeleine Leaning Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair,” from a private Texas home.
“We hope that adding the Renoir to the FBI’s Top Ten list and publicizing the reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of the painting will prompt someone to come forward,” said Peter Schneider, a sergeant with the Houston Police Department and a member of the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force in Houston.
Schneider said the theft is among the most high-profile art heist he’s encountered.
Click here to read the FBI’s press release.
