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French museum dedicated to painter Étienne Terrus finds that HALF are fakes

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holy shit.

Pretty sure the former director of the museum had to be in on this.

The Terrus museum in Elne in the south of France discovered 82 works originally attributed to the artist were not painted by him. More than half the collection is thought to be fake. The paintings cost about €160,000 (£140,000). Staff at the museum were not aware of the forgeries until a visiting art historian alerted them. The council in Elne bought the paintings, drawings and watercolours for the museum over a 20-year period.Eric Forcada, an art historian, contacted the museum in the town near Perpignan several months ago to express his doubts about the authenticity of the paintings. 

The museum assembled a committee of experts from the cultural world, who inspected the works and concluded that 82 of them had not been painted by the Elne-born artist. Some of the paintings show buildings that were built after Terrus' death, France 3 said. The town hall has filed a complaint against those who ordered, painted, or sold the fake paintings. Local police are investigating the case, which they say could affect other regional artists too.

 

 

If they liked them so much without knowing they weren't by Terrus, they should rededicate the museum to both him and the forger.

Aren't most art forgeries copies of known works, rather than being original works attributed to an artist fraudulently?

Edited by TwiceHorn

Why is it always said "the south *of* France"? We don't say "the south *of* Austin, or "the south *of* New Hampshire". What is that pretentious bullshit?

Edited by Not that Bob
Because I forgot the south of an asterisk

1 hour ago, Not that Bob said:

Why is it always said "the south *of* France"? We don't say "the south *of* Austin, or "the south *of* New Hampshire". What is that pretentious bullshit?

It's not pretentious, it's a sublime state of mind and place.

3 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

Why is it always said "the south *of* France"? We don't say "the south *of* Austin, or "the south *of* New Hampshire". What is that pretentious bullshit?

Always wondered why we say "Team USA" instead of "the American team." We don't say "Team Germany" or whatever. We just call them ze Germans. 

7 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

Why is it always said "the south *of* France"? We don't say "the south *of* Austin, or "the south *of* New Hampshire". What is that pretentious bullshit?

"Surrender Monkey Region" while more pointedly accurate just lacks class.

11 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

Why is it always said "the south *of* France"? We don't say "the south *of* Austin, or "the south *of* New Hampshire". What is that pretentious bullshit?

 

Direct translation of Sud de France, maybe? 

 J'étais dans le sud de ta mère la nuit dernière

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9 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Half this guy’s collection was bought for 140,000 euro and he has his own museum?

The story reads that half of the museum’s collection of this guy cost 140K euro not half of his life’s work cost that.  

Museums have a vested interest in the constant creation of forgeries.  they don’t care it’s a forgery.  Or more precisely they don’t want it known it’s a forgery so they look the other way.  

Who's going to create a Thujone museum? Would put any "in the south of France" museum to shame.

THE Étienne Terrus?  SACRE BLEU!

I shall have to wear my beret tilted to the side of shock and surprise for the rest of the day.

8 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The Thujone museum should be in The South of Dallas.

That'd work... Ding Dong, Texas is in Bell County, just south of Killeen.

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