Elmyr de Hory
Born: 1906-04-16
Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake!, and from F for Fake (1974), a documentary essay film by Orson Welles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
F for Fake
as SelfReleased: 1973-09-01
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later...
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Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
as HimselfReleased: 2008-01-01
Elmyr de Hory was called "The Myth of our Century" when he was revealed as a master forger in...
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Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
as Self (archive footage)Released: 1997-01-01
Film about art forger Elmyr de Hory. He was also one of the subjects of Orson Welles'...
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