Elmyr de hory biography
Elmyr de hory biography
Elmyr de hory paintings...
Elmyr de Hory
Hungarian painter and art forger (1906–1976)
Elmyr de Hory | |
|---|---|
de Hory, c. 1970 | |
| Born | Elemér Albert Hoffmann (1906-04-14)April 14, 1906 Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | December 11, 1976(1976-12-11) (aged 70) Ibiza, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, painter, forger, criminal |
| Known for | Forgery |
| Website | myelmyr.net |
Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906[citation needed] – December 11, 1976) was a famed Hungarian-born painter and art forger.
It is claimed he was responsible for producing over a thousand forgeries that were sold to reputable art galleries all over the world. His activities garnered celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake (1969), and a documentary essay film by Orson Welles, F for Fake (1974).
Early life
De Hory claimed that he was born into an aristocratic family, that his father was an Austro-Hungarianambassador and that his mother came from a family of bankers.[