Russian antiques market in recent times has been at the center of scandals associated with the emergence and exposure of counterfeit products. subject to litigation often become expert opinions issued museum organizations in counterfeit work . Interestingly, as is the case with the falsification of the paintings in the West.

So, recently, the scandalously famous copyists most expensive paintings of the twentieth century artists and old masters Giirt Dutchman Jan Janssen (Geert Jan Jansen) opened an exhibition of his works in the Dutch town of Castle Zeyst (Zeist). His pictures are a copy, or work, imitating the manner of painting famous artists.

Jansen successfully forged painting for thirty years and has managed to literally flood the European market for its antique paintings. He began with imitations of prints (bought in Paris, Chagall etchings and a few colored them and placing a fake signature, sold as the artist's drawings), and then paint, giving them the newly found versions of famous paintings. Among the artists whose copy he gave for the original, were Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, René Magritte, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall and Juan Miro. Notably, the Giirt Jan Jansen in the past studied the history of art, but no special art education he does not.

In 1994, Janssen was arrested in France, but the indictment he never was: no one gallery or private collector, not admitting that the artist bought a fake. Jansen was caught on the certificate of authenticity of a painting. Expert gallery noticed an error in false conclusion about the authenticity. After this investigation began, and while it lasted, Jansen was under arrest. It was found about 1 of 600 paintings, original thought, but actually false performed Janssen. In the end, due to lack of players antique market, which had agreed to make prosecution witnesses, the case was closed before the court.

During the detention, held in the city of Orleans (France), the artist managed to write the autobiography. In it he talked about how to start their work as the owner of a small gallery in Amsterdam. He truly loved art and wanted to sell only the original works of high-level. But it was desirable to achieve more is so difficult: the price for the lease of premises grew, the electricity price ... A number of galleries have been other, far more successful, but selling the works, whose provenans was not perfect. This prompted the creation Jansen falshivok that in the book, he explained that «this is exactly what you want the buyer». In general, the publication of his book has caused a real stir on the antique market.

Now copyists genius decided to continue their activities, but under the law. He still creates «forgery», but is now close to exact reproduction of the signature of the author's original work and he puts his own name. Indeed, among his recent works, there are those in which only the signature Giirta Jan Jansen.

But in a recent interview he gave to the agency «France Press » , the artist mentioned that although he no longer gives out its work for the originals in private collections is still a lot of his paintings and auctions and the black market often appear his works issued in originals.

Giirt Jan Jansen is rightly considered to be «brilliant copyists and the author of the twentieth century forgeries».

Anna Savitskaya

Sources : abs-cbnnews.com , www.museum-security.org , artinvestment.ru