Fakes ... Fakes ...

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Exhibition of works by one of the most legendary rigged the XX century John Mayatta opened recently in the British capital. Self-taught artist, sold through leading auction houses - Christie's and Sotheby's - lot of good fakes, released from prison and began to earn an honest way, reports The Independent.

After the release of a talented copyist began organizing an exhibition of his work and it is officially sell the "real fake" the great masters, which even the most eminent experts in the field of art history could not distinguish from the originals.

In the 80 years of drawing teacher Mayyatt after the divorce from his wife left with two young children and began to earn a living selling copies of paintings by famous artists. Once one of the well-known auction houses took Mayyatta work for the original. Taking advantage of a mistake of specialists, painter flooded the market with forged art Impressionists, who took over all the originals.

Results for the period from 1987 to 1994 copyist could give about 200 paintings for their own masterpieces by Picasso, Van Gogh, Chagall, Matisse and Giacometti. After some time scam was revealed, and Mayyatt was sentenced to a year in prison. However, after serving four months, the artist was released prematurely.

It is noteworthy that the detective who arrested counterfeiter, was so delighted with his talent that he ordered his family portrait. And after the completion of the trial the artist's paintings became even his lawyers, prosecutors and many witnesses.

As a result Mayyatt discovered that selling "genuine fakes" are much more profitable than presenting them as originals and promised never to deceive the experts. For the safety net still on the back of each painting artist now in large letters, write: "forgery".

"You can buy a fake, and consider it the original ... I, for example, has one client in America who hung an original Van Gogh's right next to my copy and now entertains visitors that asked to guess which of the paintings is a forgery. Yet no one not guess, "- said the artist himself at the opening ceremony.

//NEWSru.com September 26, 2008, Mr.

That chance came across what I have mentioned many times ..

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After some time scam was revealed, and Mayyatt was sentenced to a year in prison. However, after serving four months, the artist was released prematurely.

I drew it. But do not sign and implement on.Risoval copies of several contemporary artists at zakaz.Kogda accidentally discovered the extent of fraud, said the police and helped expose a swindler - zakazchika.Na "bunk" was not sitting as held on the case as the main svidetel.Napisal memoir on which shot documentary-game film.Otkryl gallery in central London, legally sells copies, enjoying life. He was lucky not to be born a peasant in the ......

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He was lucky not to be born a peasant in the ......

Damn I put forth to be born in Russia and the soul and talent! (c)

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I drew up a few contemporary artists on the order.

VYACHESLAV, interestingly, what?
 And the interesting list of names of these "experts" that have missed ..

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Actually it is the genius of its kind. He had to reincarnate that simply becomes the artist, whose paintings forged. Ended up in one color in one. Carry out spectral analysis of the originals and fakes - complete identity.

He forged not only paintings, but also the directories in the National Library. Simply pasted there needed to origin picture lists

But, as often happens, not without femme.

Passed his wife.

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Vyacheslav, interestingly, what?
 And the interesting list of names of these "experts" that missed ..

Honestly - I do not remember the details. Customer-swindler was doing preliminary rabotu.Polzuyas patronage and as they say going into the trust, did insert in catalogs of various museums and collections in storage with limited dostupom.Kogda experts there has been accessed, it has already received the information prepared in advance. In the film, all the details rasskazano.S name names and auction houses. The film was shown on television "HISTORY"

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I passed his wife.

Vova said to you - do not marry ...

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And he had no memoirs, say, or who simply can knizhentsiyu dashed off about him?

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And he had no memoirs, say, or who simply can knizhentsiyu dashed off about him?

Want to follow in the footsteps ?

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Do you want to follow in the footsteps ?

What you! Just recently read a book about van Mergeena, which caused a lot of noise in the middle of the century, creating a few new paintings of Vermeer and Hooha, one of which hit the Goering collection, and after the war when he was seized and he has confessed, became a national hero in the Netherlands. The book was extremely exciting

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On the day сегоднешний recent photo exhibit of a series of false Burliuks. These are those who walk or have recently sold at various auctions (if what the epidemic reached the French and Israeli auctions). Guidelines auction houses give the green light to schemers, thereby helping this terrible infestation spread unhindered in the art. Well, even if the quality of the counterfeits were on such a level that critics racked their brains as well ... just funny looking.

I think that if all the pictures I have banished to gather in the portfolio, and keep in their own computers, we'll see next time they work in the sale, none of forumchan not be deceived.
If you do so on every popular author, will be a great visual aid. Thanks to everyone who has followed this necessary subject.