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Wolfgang Fischer was born 4 February 1951 in Höxter, Germany [10] [11] and grew up in Geilenkirchen, Germany.His father was an art restorer and muralist. According to his own statements, Beltracchi first copied a Pablo Picasso painting when he was 14 years old.
In 2011, Beltracchi was sentenced to six years in prison. [9] This was after a 40-day trial ending in Guilty for Beltracchi who was then sentenced to six years in a German prison. [10] [11] [12] Wolfgang Beltracchi was found guilty and charged with forgery and corruption related to 14 works of art that sold for a combined $45m (£28.6m).
The Art of Forgery is a documentary film about Wolfgang Beltracchi and the biggest Art Forgery scandal in post war Germany, 90 min., started in German theaters in March 2014 and had its world premier at the Montreal World Film Festival. [10] [11] The film will be distributed worldwide by Global Screen. [12] The Moscow Trials.
In October 2010 Lempertz auctioned forged paintings by Wolfgang Beltracchi, including forgeries attributed to Heinrich Campendonk and Max Pechstein from a nonexistent "Jäger" collection, including the forgery of Campendonk's “Rotes Picture with horses ”at a record price of 2.4 million euros.
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Wolfgang Beltracchi (born 1951), German forger; William Blundell (1947–2023), forged Australian painters; Yves Chaudron, France - forged Mona Lisa (1911) Zhang Daqian (1899–1993), forged Chinese art; Alceo Dossena (1878–1937), Italian sculptor; John Drewe (born 1948), sold the work of John Myatt; Shaun Greenhalgh (born 1960), British forger