Who are the greatest art forgers? These days everyone is competing to be "the greatest art forger" as the title brings with it book deals and the ability to sell their own work for a high price.

I guess the greatest art forgers are those we don't know about whose work remains in galleries and private collections undetected. Therefore, the forgers I am going to talk about are those that were caught because they intended it or through some mistake.
There are hundreds probably thousands or forgers back through history whose names are lost and so I will focus on those from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries but I will begin with a brief summary of forgery through history...

Full PDF notes are available on my website at https://www.shafe.co.uk/wp-content/up...

These are three of the books are read while researching the subject. I make a small commission if you buy a book using these links:
Britain’s No. 1 Art Forger Max Brandrett: The Life of a Cheeky Faker by Anthony Valentine, Max Brandrett and Shaun Attwood https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-No-...

The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World by Anthony M. Amore https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-M-Anthon...

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers by Noah Charney https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Forgery-...