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Elmyr de Hory

Nacimiento : 1906-04-16, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Muerte : 1976-12-11

Historia

Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake!, and from F for Fake (1974), a documentary essay film by Orson Welles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory

Himself

Elmyr de Hory was called "The Myth of our Century" when he was revealed as a master forger in 1968. Born in 1905, he made an estimated 1000 fake paintings, primarily in the style of the post-impressionists before he died - or disappeared - in 1976. In addition to faking paintings, Elmyr de Hory often faked his own identity, and traveled easily throughout Europe's high society.

Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery

Self (archive footage)

Film about art forger Elmyr de Hory. He was also one of the subjects of Orson Welles' documentary F for Fake (1974). A Norwegian production directed by Knut W. Jorfald, spoken in English.

'F for Fake' Trailer

Self

An unreleased 9 minute trailer for F for Fake directed by Orson Welles as promotional reel for the film's American release.

Fraude

Self

Documental sobre el fraude y las falsificaciones que se centra en la figura del falsificador Elmyr de Hory y su biógrafo, Clifford Irving, autor también escribió la fraudulenta biografía de Howard Hughes. Asimismo relata la reclusión de Hughes y la carrera de Welles, que comenzó con la emisión radiofónica de una falsa invasión marciana: "The War of the Worlds".