Elmyr de Hory

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Figure

Domain

Arts and letters

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Influence

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Resistance

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What Wikipedia says

Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906 – December 11, 1976) was a 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.

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