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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.
Yves Bouvier. The Bouvier Affair was a number of international lawsuits that started in 2015, and subsequent events. The lawsuits, initiated by Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, [1] allege that Swiss art shipper and dealer Yves Bouvier defrauded him by misrepresenting the original cost of art works and subsequently overcharging them. [2]
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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In his later years, Spies was fooled by art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi's forgeries of five works by Max Ernst. Spies, who first met Ernst in 1966 and is the leading expert on his work, mistakenly issued certificates of authenticity for the copies of the surrealist's work. [11]
The painting was later discovered to be a forgery. Police believe the fake Campendonk originated from a collection devised by a German forgery ring led by Wolfgang Beltracchi, pieces from which had been sold to French galleries. [118] Martin only discovered the fact that the painting had been fake many years after it had been sold at the auction.