Some of the most faked visual artists in history

First off, remember that a forgery is a work that’s deliberately meant to deceive. A fake means a copy or replica, circulated on the market and aimed at scamming people. Many art experts will say that most fake paintings may be the result of old masters having workshops of assistants and apprentices who helped them finish a particular work. Or followers who purposely mimic their style, explains ancient art gallery Sadigh Gallery.

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One of the most faked or mimicked of the old masters is Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. It’s unfortunate that Van Gogh never received any acclaim nor achieved fame in his life, his work only lauded after his demise. Nevertheless, after the value of Van Gogh’s works skyrockets, fakes began appearing everywhere. Example are the forgeries done by art patron Paul Gauchet.

Another is Amedeo Modigliani. The Italian artist’s work is so regularly faked that art experts would say that more than 1,000 fake Modiliagnis are circulating in the market today. Part of this prevailing situation is the high price being fetched by the artist’s works; his Nu couché sold for over $174 million at Christie’s in 2015. Authentication criteria continue to be developed, with the most telling sign of fake Modiglianis being the use of titanium pigment, which was invented after the artist’s death.

Among the modern masters, Jackson Pollock tops the list of most faked, notes Sadigh Gallery. One of the biggest scandals in art market history was the Pollock fakes found at the Upper East Side gallery Knoedler & Co., whose gallery director was discovered to have been commissioning a Chinese painter based in Queens to work on the forgeries.

New York-based ancient art gallery Sadigh Gallery takes pride in providing quality service and ensuring that items it offers are never fake. All antiquities on sale are guaranteed authentic, sent with a Lifetime Certificate of Authenticity. For similar posts, visit this blog.

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