Elmyr de Hory

________, who authored the popular book Fake (1969), and Orson Welles, who produced the biography F for Fake (1973) on him and his career, were both drawn to his unique life story.

________ immigrated to the US in August 1947 and made friends with people in the American art community via his charisma.

________ was held in Switzerland after the issuance of an international arrest order for him.

1968: He (Fernand Legros) is detained and held for two months in an Ibizan prison before being expelled and departing for ________.

The authenticity of the ________ that develop naturally over time is checked using optical microscopes and ultraviolet light.

1938: Being detained in ________ as a political "undesirable "as its government partners with Nazi Germany and jails intellectuals and artists.

________, a Texas oil millionaire, purchased 46 of de Hory's phony masterpieces from Legros between 1964 and 1966.

The illustrious 23- year career of Elmyr de Hory as an art forger started one day in April 1946 when his affluent friend ________, the widow of racing driver Sir Malcolm Campbell, paid a visit to his modest Parisian studio.

On December 11, 1976, ________ overdosed on sleeping pills and committed himself knowing that he would soon be extradited.

________ was accused of forging documents and engaging in fraud in France after cheating Meadows.

In his career, ________ produced more than 1, 000 pieces, earning him the title of greatest art forger in history.

Being detained in Hungary as a political "undesirable" as its government partners with Nazi Germany and jails intellectuals and artists

Lady Malcolm Campbell, who purchases the artwork, thinks it is a Picasso

Sells his first fake Modigliani to the Niveau Gallery in New York

Sells a "Matisse" together with five "Modiglianis" and a "Renoir" to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University

He is under FBI investigation and escapes to Mexico with a fake birth certificate; he is subsequently apprehended as a suspect in a homicide case

Discovers one of his "Matisse" paintings in the French collection at the Detroit Institute of Art

Flies to Florida with Fernand Legros to recover after attempting suicide

He is detained and held for two months in an Ibizan prison before being expelled and departing for Portugal

The illustrious 23-year career of _____ as an art forger started one day in April 1946 when his affluent friend Lady Malcolm Campbell, the widow of racing driver Sir Malcolm Campbell, paid a visit to his modest Parisian studio.

the widow of racing driver Sir Malcolm Campbell, paid a visit to his modest Parisian studio.

De Hory, a 40-year-old classically educated artist with modest sales of unremarkable paintings and portraits, was selling this bogus "_____" at the time.

de Hory's art dealer, collaborator, and close friend, joined forces with him soon after.

De Hory immigrated to the US in ____ and made friends with people in the American art community via his charisma.

As part of his repertoire expansion, he included "works" by ___________

But in 1955, art dealer ______ discovered one of de Hory's forgeries and denounced him to the FBI.

De Hory was driven to Florida for recuperation by a new acquaintance named ________ who had been to de Hory's housewarming celebration in New York.

a Texas oil millionaire, purchased 46 of de Hory's phony masterpieces from Legros between 1964 and 1966.

authored the popular book Fake (1969)

He produced the biography F for Fake (1973)

The _________ of the artwork's ownership is the most popular way to validate art.

Because it was discovered that a collar was painted with ______, which wasn't commercially accessible until 1728, this approach was notably used to uncover a purported Frans Hals painting as a fake.

The authenticity of the tiny fractures that develop naturally over time is checked using ______.

If a canvas has been used more than once, which is often a sign of a true great artist, ________ may be utilized to discover this.

In 1932–45, ________, a Dutch portraitist, defrauds purchasers out of more than $30 million by fabricating hundreds of works of art by well-known painters.

In 1978–88, ________, a British art forger, sold hundreds of fake paintings, sculptures, and sketches before penning The Art Forger's Handbook, which was released just before his death in 1996.

In 1981–94, ______, a Dutch painter and art forger, creates more than 1,600 fake pieces of art.