FBI recovers paintings stolen more than 40 years ago from N.M. museum

Stolen paintings returned to Harwood Museum in Taos

Works by Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp have been missing since 1980.

FBI: Stolen Paintings Recovered Decades After Theft

Joseph Henry Sharp, Oklahoma Cheyenne aka Indian Boy in Full Dress, c.1915, oil on canvas, 18 x 12 in. Gift of Read Mullan. Collection of Harwood Museum of Art. Credit: UNM Harwood Museum of Art Victor Higgins, Aspens, c. 1932, oil on canvas, 12 x 14 in. Collection of Harwood Museum of Art. Credit: UNM Harwood Museum of Art FBI News: Two paintings have been recovered and returned 40 years after they were stolen from UNM’s Harwood Museum of Art i…

Harwood rehangs paintings stolen in 1985 heist

The two paintings, which were returned to the museum last month, were finally returned to the walls of the Harwood on Friday.

'To see them here is surreal': Stolen paintings rehung at Taos museum

TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Four decades in the making, a New Mexico mystery has finally come to a close. Two paintings that were ripped off the walls and stolen from a northern New Mexico museum in the 80s returned home Friday. "It's amazing to have these paintings back in Taos. It's something that we never imagined would happen. To see them here is surreal. We're pleased that they're back," said Juniper Leherissey, executive director of the Hardwood M…

FBI recovers stolen art 40 years after museum heist

Paintings that were stolen from the University of Mexico's Harwood Museum have been recovered and returned to the museum after 40 years. The paintings are Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp's artworks that call the museum in Taos home.

Stolen art returned to Harwood Museum of Art after 40 years

Two paintings are now back on display 40 years after they were stolen from the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos.