Madison Marrott
September 24, 2013
Period 4
Art Article
Newly
Discovered Van Gogh Painting
Recently a Van Gogh painting was rediscovered in a
Norwegian attic. It had been seen before by authenticators, but was denied as a
fake. Van Gogh had referenced this painting before but art experts did not know
what painting it was. Now it is clear to experts that he was talking about
"Sunset at Montmajour". I thought it was interesting that the
painting could be called a fake or forgery when it is the real thing. So I
decided to look up more about forged paintings and I found an article about a
man from New York. In 1980 he was on the streets selling paintings when a man
approached and recruited him to "copy the works of prominent abstract
expressionists." The man (Pei-Shen Qian) copied hundreds of modern
art pieces from many artists like Jackson Polluck. Qian has made over
80 million dollars in forgeries. It takes a lot of talent to be
able to copy a Jackson Polluck, but he did. He and his wife may have left for
China since this was discovered to hide from news and interviews on
the situation. It is interesting that people can forge something and
get tons of money for it, but a real painting can be denied and labeled as a
fake. I also wanted to know how they determine if a painting is real or not. So
I decided to look it up but I could not find any reliable sources. What I think
would determine if I painting is a forgery or real is if, the brushstrokes are
similar or identical to other works of art by the same artist, if the layout or
set up of the painting is similar to others and one of the most important
things is if the signature is the same as it normally is in other paintings. I think this job would be stressful
because you don’t want to cheat someone of their money by giving them a fake or
not buying a real painting.
WORK CITED: http://gawker.com/artist-in-queens-allegedly-forged-hundreds-of-modernist-1159918973
