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 …
Film review: “Art and Craft” - The Stanford Daily
Oct 1, 2014 · Mark Landis at work, courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories. In 2008, a mysterious donor offered Matthew Leininger, who was the registrar of the Oklahoma City Museum, a …
Is Copying the Highest Form of Flattery? – PRINT Magazine
Sep 17, 2014 · The star, so to speak, is Mark Landis, who so faithfully copied so many styles, that many years elapsed before one of his fakes was caught by Matthew Leininger, an art registrar, …
'Art & Craft' Explores How One Forger Duped More Than 45 …
Sep 27, 2014 · For nearly 30 years, Mark Landis tricked dozens of museums into accepting his "philanthropic" donations. Landis, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen, says …
Art forger once posed as Jesuit priest to give his work away
Sep 30, 2014 · Mark Landis is shown at home and at work on a "Picasso" in a scene from the documentary "Art and Craft," about an art forger who once posed as Jesuit priest who gave his …
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.
The Craft of the Fake - DesignObserver
Mar 2, 2015 · Landis at work on a “Picasso,” in Art and Craft, via NPR. A few weeks back, I somewhat belatedly caught the 2014 documentary Art and Craft, about a curious and …
About the Film | Art and Craft | a documentary film
Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in US history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods that includes …
The Art Forger Who Wasn’t in It for Money - The New York Times …
Jan 9, 2015 · The Oscar-shortlisted documentary “Art and Craft” examines the case of Mark Landis, who copied everything from Picassos to “Peanuts” panels and then donated them to …
Painting imitator in 'Art and Craft' documentary says he wanted ...
Sep 25, 2014 · Mark Landis didn’t become an art imitator for the money. Using his name along with several aliases — he even posed as a Catholic priest — Landis attempted to donate 100 …