Master art forger Eric Hebborn keeps 'playing a great trick from the grave'
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Re: Master art forger Eric Hebborn keeps 'playing a great trick from the grave'
#2Another interesting person who did forgery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Beltracchi
Re: Master art forger Eric Hebborn keeps 'playing a great trick from the grave'
#3I highly recommend "Beltracchi. The art of forgery" documentary at Netflix.
Re: Master art forger Eric Hebborn keeps 'playing a great trick from the grave'
#4> On one hand, the man lived a life "that he could not afford" as a starving artist and supplemented his income with the forgeries.
> The second reason is more nefarious: he was pranking the art world.
More nefarious?
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#5> On one hand, the man lived a life "that he could not afford" as a starving artist and supplemented his income with the forgeries. > The second reason is more nefarious: he was pranking the art world. More nefarious?
> Hebborn would only sell his works to art dealers and historians who "just should have known better."
> If an expert couldn't tell the difference between an authentic and an imitation piece, in Hebborn's eyes it was their own fault.
It was more than pranking, it was selling forgeries.
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#6> On one hand, the man lived a life "that he could not afford" as a starving artist and supplemented his income with the forgeries. > The second reason is more nefarious: he was pranking the art world. More nefarious?
> Hebborn would only sell his works to art dealers and historians who "just should have known better." > If an expert couldn't tell the difference between an authentic and an imitation piece, in Hebborn's eyes it was their own fault. It was more than pranking, it was selling forgeries.
Sure, but how was the intent to prank more nefarious than actually selling forgeries?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Hebborn would only sell his works to art dealers and historians who "just should have known better." > If an expert couldn't tell the difference between an authentic and an imitation piece, in Hebborn's eyes it was their own fault. It was more than pranking, it was selling forgeries.
Sure, but how was the intent to prank more nefarious than actually selling forgeries?
True, nefarious is a strong word.
Sounds like he thoroughly embarrassed the art world but I would reserve nefarious for a select group of serious crimes.
Re: Master art forger Eric Hebborn keeps 'playing a great trick from the grave'
#8Was he murdered?
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#9Was he murdered?
From Wikipedia - "On 8 January 1996, shortly after the publication of the Italian edition of his book The Art Forger's Handbook, Eric Hebborn was found lying in a street in Rome, having suffered massive head trauma possibly delivered by a blunt instrument. He died in hospital on 11 January 1996.[4]"
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#10Amazing, isn't it? If he can paint so good that experts can't tell him from extremely famous artists...shouldn't his work be valued a lot? I get the novelty on having, say, of one the few DaVinci paintings, but art in itself is valued as well.
>>"On 8 January 1996, shortly after the publication of the Italian edition of his book The Art Forger's Handbook, Eric Hebborn was found lying in a street in Rome, having suffered massive head trauma possibly delivered by a blunt instrument. He died in hospital on 11 January 1996."
probably revenge...someone may have lost a fortune due to his antics.