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Bookmark or Share- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous ...In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart’s content.
- Stéphane Breitwieser - WikipediaStéphane Breitwieser (born 1 October 1971) is a French art thief and author, notorious for his art thefts between 1995 and 2001. He admitted to stealing 239 artworks and other exhibits from 172 museums while travelling around Europe and working as a waiter, an average of one theft every 15 days. [1] .
- Book Review: ‘The Art Thief,’ by Michael Finkel - The New ...In a new book, Michael Finkel tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, “perhaps the most successful and prolific art thief who has ever lived.” The Museum of Fine Arts in Blois, France, where...
- The Bizarre, True Story of the World’s Greatest Living Art ThiefThe world’s greatest living art thief is likely a 52-year-old Frenchman named Stéphane Breitwieser, who has stolen from some 200 museums, taking art worth an estimated total of $2 billion.
- Review: 'The Art Thief' Surveys France's Strangest Art CrimeIn 'The Art Thief,' Michael Finkel surveys how Stéphane Breitwieser stole hundreds of artworks and stored them in his attic.
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