MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Armed robbers stole works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh worth 112 million euros ($164 million) from an art museum in Zurich, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Masked men entered the private museum, which houses masterpieces from the famous collection of Swiss industrialist Emil Buehrle, just before closing time on Sunday.

The thieves made off with four paintings by Monet, van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas.

The museum authorities have offered a reward for information leading to the safe return of the paintings.

The latest heist came just a week after two paintings by Pablo Picasso were stolen from a nearby cultural centre in Switzerland.