Elmyr de Hory
Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake!, and from F for Fake (1974), a documentary essay film by Orson Welles.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.883 |
| Birthday | 1906-04-16 |
| Place of Birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] |
| Also Known As |
1973
F for Fake
7.4/324
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his nam...
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F for Fake
1997
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
6.5/4
Film about art forger Elmyr de Hory. He was also one of the subjects of Orson Welles' documentary F for Fake (1974). A Norwegian production directed...
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Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
2008
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
0.5/1
Elmyr de Hory was called "The Myth of our Century" when he was revealed as a master forger in 1968. Born in 1905, he made an estimated 1000 fake paint...
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