Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery German: Beltracchi – Die Kunst der Fälschung is a 2014 film by Arne Birkenstock based on the life of German art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi and was released in 2014.[1][2][3][4]
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 Montral World Film Festival.[5][6] The film will be distributed worldwide by Global Screen.[7]
Wolfgang Beltracchi (born Wolfgang Fischer in 1951) is a German art forger and artist, [8] who has admitted to producing hundreds of fake paintings with M Feider, his mentor and mastermind behind the international art scam netting millions of Euros along with Wolfgang's wife, and two accomplices sold these as original works by famous artists including Max Ernst, Heinrich Campendonk, Fernand Léger and Kees van Dongen. 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). But Beltracchi has stated to the BBC that he faked 'about 50' artists.[13] Demand was so high, said Wolfgang Beltracchi, that he could have found buyers for up to 2,000 bogus pieces, had he been inclined to paint them.
References
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beltracchi-art-forgery-beltracchi-die-729140 The Hollywood Reporter 'Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery' ('Beltracchi: Die Kunst der Falschung'): Montreal Review
- ↑ https://www.globalscreen.de/content/general/190337 A mesmerizing, thought-provoking yet surprisingly amusing documentary on the life and times of Wolfgang Beltracchi, who tricked the international art world for nearly 40 years by forging and selling paintings of early 20th-century masters. A larger-than-life personality who was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era.
- ↑ http://www.blu-ray.com/Beltracchi-The-Art-of-Forgery/322135/ For nearly 40 years, The Art of Forgery goes over the details of the forging and selling paintings of early 20th-century masters. A larger-than-life personality who was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6a3XochQU BELTRACCHI - THE ART OF FORGERY Subtitled Trailer | German Currents 2014
- ↑ Die Welt on Arne Birkenstock shooting a film with Beltracchi
- ↑ Vanity Fair on the Beltracchi case
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter on Global Screen distributing Arne Birkenstock‘s new Documentary
- ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/unchanged/2012/10/wolfgang-beltracchi-helene-art-scam Vanity Fair (magazines)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz6YXjSHFOI youtube.com Wolfgang Beltracchi The Artist... The Conman
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/0/32608939 Art Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi is now free and is making millions reported by the bbc.co.uk BBC.
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/how-beltracchi-the-worlds-most-famous-art-forger-plays-with-the-market/a-18436266
- ↑ http://hyperallergic.com/231078/a-not-quite-great-documentary-about-the-greatest-art-forger-of-our-time/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17283458