In 2010, the couple were arrested at their villa on suspicion of counterfeiting famous paintings and selling them for tens of millions of dollars, but there are different opinions about the number of forgeries.
Fifty-eight forgeries were identified by the Germanic police, but they believe that the actual number should be doubled.
The industry speculates that at least 300 of their forgeries have entered the market, and even Wolfgang himself has admitted that he imitated the works of more than 50 different painters.
Who made him 'the best art forger in the world, many forgers can't copy every artist, but I can' (Wolfgang said to himself).
The number of forgeries became the key to the trial, and both sides of the trial desperately tried to prove that the paintings were forgeries, and that they were painted by Wolfgang; Wolfgang, on the other hand, desperately tried to prove that the paintings were genuine, and even if they were fakes, they were not painted by himself。。。。。。
The attitude of those who pretend to be victims has become the key to this trial.
However, what is surprising is that those galleries, museum collectors, auction houses and the like suddenly change their tone and begin to deny that the works in their collections are forgeries, fakes painted by Wolfgang------ although many of the paintings are conclusive and are the work of the two of them.
However, Xiao Peng can understand the change in the attitude of these collectors.
These people keep saying that they are 'professional' and 'authoritative', and whoever becomes a victim of art will greatly damage their reputation!
So one by one, they began to be reluctant to testify in court, unwilling to admit that it was a fake; Unwilling to admit that it was a forgery by Wolfgang, he made 58 forgeries, and in the end only 14 were confirmed to be Wolfgang's works.
Then Wolfgang had the money to fight the lawsuit, and he was eventually sentenced to six years in prison for forging fourteen famous paintings, and his wife Helena was sentenced to four years.
Wolfgang spent three years in prison and was released early, and as soon as the news broke, the art circles around the world were terrified, and this master counterfeiter returned!
However, this time his return is different from the original, the original he was hiding in the shadows to fake, and now he is in front of the public eye, he forged Ernst's painting "The Forest", and it was during this period that he fetched a high price, and people knew that it was fake, and they would buy it, because his counterfeiting skills were too advanced!
He is also the only painter in the world who creates a fake work that costs more than the price of a painting of his own real work。。。。。。
And when someone asked him if he knew he was wrong, he just replied slyly: "Yes, I was wrong, I shouldn't use titanium dioxide。。。。。。
And even now, he believes that his arrest was not for painting, but for autographing.
He just signed the painting incorrectly.
Well, that's right, if he had signed his name on the painting instead of Ernst or Picasso, he would have been acquitted.
Then again, if he hadn't signed the names of those celebrities, he wouldn't have that much wealth now, would he?
However, Xiao Peng was a little surprised: "Peggy, can you invite this great god to paint for me?"
” Pagio shrugged, "It's not difficult.
Your ship has more than fifty suites, and each room can be fitted with his paintings if you wish. ” After hearing this, Yang Meng interjected on the side: "Peggy, when did you become so awesome?"
” Pagio shrugged his shoulders and did not speak, but Miu Miu on the side gave an explanation: "Wolfgang once sold us a Gauguin forgery.
We have clear evidence that he is cheating, including his daughter, who is now also working in the Prada Group, and has done illegal things during her tenure, and we have also caught the evidence.
If necessary, keep the family in prison until 2118. ” Xiao Peng didn't express his opinion after hearing this, well, Pagio is also one of the top capitalists after all.
Which of these capitalists is clean?
If they are not ruthless or spicy, they can't get to this point today, right?
Neither did Pageo continue the topic, but said, "Shaw, which master's painting do you like?"
Other rooms can put his previous works, how can you say that your suite should also put your favorite paintings?
Tell me, which master's work do you like?
” Yang Meng laughed wildly after hearing this, and the laughing crowd couldn't figure it out, and they all looked at what he was laughing at, Yang Meng laughed for a long time before he eased up, pointed at Xiao Peng and said to Padgio: "Peggy, you ask Xiao Peng which master's work he likes?"
Haha, he knows a master of fart, at best, he knows that Leonardo da Vinci is an egg-painter, and that's because he was deceived by the Chinese texts when he was in school!
Who else could he know?
” In other words, the ability of domestic education to make up stories is almost always a routine, that is, to use celebrities to pull the banner of tiger skin.
There are many stories of celebrities in China that we have heard since childhood, and many of them are fabricated and disseminated in order to educate certain truths in the form of celebrities who everyone knows when they were children.
When we were in school, we learned too many such fake stories, such as 'the prime minister made a parachute', such as 'Leonardo da Vinci painted eggs for three years', such as 'The Father of the Stars and Stripes and the Cherry Tree', 'Einstein only scored one point in mathematics when he was a child', 'Newton made an ugly bench when he was a child', 'Edison used candle light reflection to save his mother', 'Li Bai watched an old lady sharpen needles with an iron rod when he was a child', etc., etc., in retrospect, it may be because the teachers who compiled the textbook thought that elementary school students would not grow up, and they didn't know who fooled whom.
Well, Leonardo da Vinci may have indeed drawn eggs, after all, it is possible to practice the basics of sketching, but painting for three years?
Forget it.
You must know that Leonardo da Vinci's teacher, Verrocchio, persuaded Leonardo da Vinci's father to let Leonardo da Vinci learn painting with him and become an apprentice in Verrocchio's workshop after seeing Da Vinci's works.
Leonardo da Vinci himself had a strong painting skill, why did Verrocchio still ask him to paint eggs every day?
Moreover, during the Renaissance, paper was expensive, and beginners who wanted to learn to draw could only practice using lacquered wooden boards and iron pens.
However, in Yang Meng's eyes, this should be Xiao Peng's only understanding of Western painters----- just like him.
Xiao Peng gave him a blank look and said to Pagio: "If it is really as you say, I hope that Wolfgang will create a painting for me in the style of Egon Schiller."
There is no limit to the subject matter, forget it, it's better to draw a portrait of me and Yali.
But don't use Egon Schiller's signature, I want Wolfgang's own signature. ” "Egon Schiller?
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Yang Meng was a little dumbfounded, and laughed at Xiao Peng for a long time, but Xiao Peng said a name that he had never heard of at all, and then again, even if Xiao Peng said someone else, he didn't know。。。。。。
Pagio was stunned: "Xiao, do you like Egon Schiller?"
Paint your portrait in his style?
That doesn't quite fit your positioning, does it?
Schiller's portraits depict people who are suffering and helpless, using contrasting colors and unrestrained lines to create eerie images.
You are such a happy person who chooses to manifest in such a way?
Not quite right, right?
” Xiao Peng smiled: "Everyone has two personalities, and I am not happy all the time, I have to look at his paintings, and remind myself at any time to pursue happiness and avoid pain."
Although Gustav Klimt's style of painting is more mature than Schiller's, I like the feeling of Schiller's youthful arrogance. ” Yang Meng listened to the dialogue between the two and opened his mouth wide: "Hold the grass, Brother Peng, do you really know this Laoshzi oil painting?"
” Xiao Peng glanced at Yang Meng: "It's okay, you can also read books and study art."
At least it can improve your aesthetics!
” But Ari spoke: "Well, dear, you better let that Wolfgang paint a portrait of you, I really don't like Schiller's style, he's so dirty."
I prefer Rembrandt's realist style of painting. ” Xiao Peng looked embarrassed when he heard this, he really liked Egon Schiller's style, not Rembrandt's style.
It was Padgio who gave the solution: "Okay, that's it, use his original work in the other suite, and ask him to create two more for you, one is a portrait of Shaw in the style of Egon Schiller, and the other is a portrait of the two of you in the style of Rembrandt!"
” "It's a good solution!"
Xiao Peng became happy: "By the way, don't forget to let him put his own signature on it." ” At this time, Yali said a key question: "My dear, I have no problem with you planning to paint portraits in the style of Egon Schiller, but are you going to paint fruit bodies?"
” Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, okay, he really hadn't thought about Yali's question, but now that he thinks about it, it's really like this, the Gustav and Klimt he likes are actually two masters and apprentices, and these two people are worthy of being two masters and apprentices, an old dirty master, a little dirty master, definitely a master and apprentice in the same lineage.
It's just that in the works of the old dirty master, the expressions he painted are very happy; In the works of the little dirtyman, most of the expressions of those characters are very hard.
Yang Meng watched a few people chatting energetically, and he was also a little anxious: "Brother Peng, what is that Xi Le what is it doing?"
” Xiao Peng thought for a while, summed up the language and said, "You should be the Lexus in the art world."
The kind of person who has an invincible reputation, you say that you like Leonardo da Vinci the most, and some people may think that you are shallow; You say that you like Picasso the most, and some people may think that you are pretending; You say you like Rembrandt the most, and some people may think you're cheesy; You say you like Cézanne the most, and some people may think you are extreme.
But you say that you like Schiller the most, and anyone has to affirm your taste, and you are really the kind of person who wants to have face and face. ” Yang Meng thought for a long time, and asked Xiao Peng rhetorically: "I know that da Vinci you just said is a painter, as for what are those Cézannes, Rembrandts and the like doing?"
” Xiao Peng was speechless, and said this to Yang Meng, it was like playing the piano to the cow.
It's better not to dwell on this topic with him.
However, Yang Meng didn't let him go, but asked: "Why do so many people like this?"
Where the hell is his cow?
I see what is so awesome about him, and I compare with him. ” Xiao Peng decided to answer his question very seriously: "Oh, the best thing about him is that he only lived to be 28 years old."
I think you'll at least outlive him. ”