Trial of Picasso's handyman begins
French court starts assessing case of Pierre Le Guennec and his wife, who claim artist gave them 271 of his works ...
View ArticleStolen Picasso Art: Artist's Stepdaughter Accuses Handyman Of Nabbing Over...
Catherine Hutin-Blay -- better known as the stepdaughter of Pablo Picasso -- is embroiled in what appears to be one of the most absurd art heists we've ever come across. According to Le Parisien, over...
View ArticlePicasso’s handyman charged with stealing art worth €80m
Pablo Picasso’s former electrician and his wife have gone on trial in Paris accused of having stolen 271 pieces of the artist’s work. Pierre Le Guennec and his wife, Danielle claim that the artist, or...
View ArticleProsecutor seeks symbolic sentence over disputed Picassos
PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor is not seeking prison terms for an electrician and his wife accused of hiding 271 stolen works...
View ArticleLeo Buys Art on Instagram, Tiny Paintings Hit it Big, and Picasso's...
Wokka-wokka-wokka-wokka. I'm taking a break from the amazing Pac-Man Google Maps take-over to bring you what's buzzing in the art world. Read up and own the cocktail party this weekend! Here are our...
View ArticlePicasso's Electrician Claims The Artist Gave Him A Whopping 271 Works
PARIS (AP) — Would Picasso have donated 271 works to an electrician who worked for him for a few years in southeast France? A French court began to contemplate that mystery on Tuesday at the start of a...
View ArticleFrench court convicts electrician of hiding stolen Picassos
A French court has convicted a retired electrician and his wife of concealing 271 stolen artworks by Picasso, and ordered...
View ArticlePicasso’s ex-electrician, wife on trial over cache
Associated Press 8:35 a.m. EST February 10, 2015 Pierre Le Guennec, and his wife Danielle, arrive at Grasse criminal court, Feb. 10, 2015, in Grasse, southeastern France. Would Picasso have donated 271...
View ArticleCourt battle over Picasso's $100m 'gifts' to electrician
A retired electrician who claims he was given an art collection worth at least $100 million by Pablo Picasso's...
View ArticlePicasso electrician ordered to return artworks
An elderly electrician has been ordered to return more than 200 Pablo Picasso works after a court found him guilty of possessing stolen goods. Pierre Le Guennec, 75, and his wife Danielle were...
View ArticlePicasso's stepdaughter accuses Paris art dealer Oliver Tomas of stealing...
French prosecutors have begun investigating a Paris art dealer suspected of stealing works from Pablo Picasso’s stepdaughter only hours after the artist's tribute to Henry Matisse, Les Femmes d’Alger...
View ArticleHandyman 'stole Picasso artwork'
Artist's stepdaughter claims former odd-job man pilfered 400 works from her home in France. More than 400 artworks by Pablo Picasso have been stolen from the home of his stepdaughter, she has claimed....
View Article400 Picasso artworks stolen by handyman, claims stepdaughter
More than 400 artworks by Pablo Picasso have been stolen from the home of his stepdaughter, she has claimed, in what appears to be one of the most audacious art thefts of recent times. Catherine...
View ArticleTrial Begins For Couple Accused Of Stealing 271 Artworks By Pablo Picasso
Le Guennec contends that he was employed at the Picasso estate as a handyman in 1970. According to the couple, Picasso’s wife, Jacqueline, handed him the works in a box to take home. The Le Guennecs...
View ArticlePicasso's handyman accused of stealing £50m art hoarde
Pablo Picasso's former electrician and his wife go on trial today in Paris, accused of having stolen 271 pieces of the artist's work. The cache includes lithographs, portraits, a watercolour and...
View ArticleFrench court orders ex-employee to hand back Picasso works
GRASSE, France - Nearly 300 works by Pablo Picasso must be returned to the family of the late artist, a French court ruled on Friday, rejecting testimony from a former employee who said the painter's...
View ArticleFrench couple hid 271 Picasso works for decades
GRASSE, France - Nearly 300 works by Pablo Picasso must be returned to the family of the late artist, a French court ruled on Friday, rejecting testimony from a former employee who said the painter's...
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