''The Art of the Faker'' is an influential 1959 book on
art forgery
Art forgery is the creating and selling of works of art which are falsely credited to other, usually more famous artists. Art forgery can be extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analysis techniques have made the identification of forged art ...
by
Frank Arnau
Frank Arnau (March 9, 1894 – February 11, 1976) was the pseudonym of a German crime fiction writer, born as Heinrich Schmitt.
Biography
Arnau was born in Vienna, the son of a hotel manager.
He began his literary career as a newspaper journ ...
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Editions and translations
*1959 ''Kunst der Fälscher - Fälscher der Kunst. 3000 Jahre Betrug mit Antiquitäten.'' (Original German edition)
*1960 ''L'Art des faussaires et les faussaires de l'art'' (French translation by Édith Vincent)
*1960 ''Arte della falsificazione, falsificazione dell'arte'' (Italian translation by Piero Bernardini, published in Milan)
*1961 ''The art of the faker: three thousand years of deception in art and antiques'' (English translation by
J. Maxwell Brownjohn, published in London)
*1961 ''El Arte De Falsificar El Arte : Tres Mil Años De Fraudes En El Comercio De Antigüedades'' (Spanish translation by Juan Godó Costa, published in Barcelona)
See also
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Alceo Dossena
Alceo Dossena (1878–1937) was an Italian sculptor. His dealers marketed his creations as originals by other sculptors.
Biography
Dossena was born in 1878 in Cremona, Italy. He was a talented stonemason and sculptor, and was so skilled at dupl ...
External links
*Two snipped previews at google book
''The art of the faker: three thousand years of deception''an
''Three thousand years of deception in art and antiques''
German non-fiction books
Art forgery
1959 non-fiction books
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