Mark Landis - Wikipedia
Mark Augustus Landis (born 1955) is an American painter who lives in Laurel, Mississippi. [1] He is best known for donating large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to American art museums.
Mark Augustus Landis: The bogus benefactor-cum-Jesuit priest …
Jan 21, 2011 · They had just played host to Mark Augustus Landis, the man responsible for the longest, strangest forgery spree the American art world has known. . . . For nearly three decades,...
America's most generous con artist - BBC News
Mar 31, 2015 · For decades, Mark Landis donated art to museums and galleries across the US. He was feted as a wealthy collector but the pictures were fakes that he had created himself.
'Art & Craft' Explores How One Forger Duped More Than 45 …
Sep 27, 2014 · For nearly 30 years, art forger Mark Landis duped dozens of museums into accepting fakes into their collections. His stunts made headlines around the world. But Mark Landis never asked for...
Mark Augustus Landis - Visit Laurel & Jones County
Mark Augustus Landis is an American painter who lives in Laurel, MS. Best known for "donating" large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to museums.
The Giveaway - The New Yorker
Aug 19, 2013 · Alec Wilkinson visits Mark Landis in Mississippi, the faux-philanthropist who donated forged paintings to more than fifty art museums in twenty states.
An Infamous Art Forger on His Most Convincing Works
Sep 18, 2014 · Mark Landis charitably donated precious art works to museums for over 30 years. But they weren’t real. Here, he shares the stories behind some of his best fakes, the subject of a new...
Mark Landis (1955–) – Copies, Fakes, & Forgeries - Colby College
After dropping out of the Art Institute of Chicago and failing to open his own art gallery, Landis began “donating” works to museums in the 1980s. He went through considerable lengths to sell his work, successfully fooling several museums.
Mark Augustus Landis - Biography - askART
Mark Augustus Landis (born 1955) is an American painter who lives in Laurel, Mississippi.] He is best known for "donating" large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to American art museums. Mark Landis was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
How you can Forge Art: Mark Landis Explains His Technique
May 25, 2021 · Mark Augustus Landis (born 1955) is an American painter who lives in Laurel, Mississippi. He is best known for "donating" large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to American art museums....
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