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Disumbrationist School of Art
Type: Art Hoax. Summary: A novelist painted deliberately bad paintings, which he submitted to art exhibits, claiming they were the work of a Russian genius. (left) Paul Jordan Smith; (right) Smith as Pavel Jerdanowitch In 1924 Paul Jordan Smith, a Los Angeles-based novelist and Latin scholar, painted a blurry picture…


Elmer de Hory
Type: Forgery Summary: Elmyr de Hory fooled the art world for thirty years with his expert forgeries of works by Picasso, Renoir, and other masters. To this day, many of his forgeries remain undetected and are in museums and collections throughout the world. Posted by: Elliot Feldman In 1955, Harvard…


J.S.G. Boggs
Type: Art. Summary: Boggs draws money that’s almost convincing enough to pass for the real thing. J.S.G. Boggs is a contemporary artist whose work deals with the tension between money’s aesthetic value and its economic function. He draws currency: Dollars, euros, or whatever the currency is where he happens to…


Marcel Duchamp
Type: Art Prankster. Summary: Throughout his career, French artist Marcel Duchamp was known for playing outrageous pranks on the art world. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) always held the snobbishness of art collectors and gallery owners in disdain. While he was a revolutionary artist with at least one…


Pierre Brassau - Monkey Artist
Type: Art Hoax. Summary: The paintings of the avant-garde artist Pierre Brassau were revealed to be the work of a monkey. Peter the Chimp, aka “Pierre Brassau,” at work. In 1964 four paintings by a previously unknown avant-garde French artist named Pierre Brassau were exhibited at an art show in…


September Morn
Type: Alleged publicity stunt. Summary: Publicist Harry Reichenbach claimed that a phony protest engineered by him helped “September Morn” become one of the most famous paintings in the world. This is shown not to be the case. The French painter Paul Chabas completed “September Morn” in early 1912. The painting…

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