The Art Thief

The fascinating story of Stephane Brietwieser, the notorious art thief who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion Stephane Brietwieser stole over 300 art pieces in the course of 200 heists. While travelling around Europe and working as a waiter in the mid-nineties, Stephane orchestrated cunning heists almost fortnightly. His routine nature and relentlessness led the Guardian to call him ‘arguably the world’s most consistent art thief’. However, Stephane never made a penny from any of his exploits – the prolific thief has kept every piece for his personal art collection at his home. His passion for art led to six fascinating years of art thievery and a personal collection worth over $1.4 billion – and now, American journalist Michael Finkel is telling his story in stunning detail. As a real page-turner that seems almost unbelievable in its twists and turns, The Art Thief explores the true story of the art collector who went to extreme lengths to expand his personal collection – and the thrill of the heist that kept him going.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Finkel, Finkel Michael, MICHAEL FINKEL
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2022
• EAN: 9781471186233
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-8623-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; True Crime, TRUE CRIME / General, ART / Business Aspects, Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, ART / Forgeries