Wolfgang beltracchi biography
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Wolfgang Beltracchi
German art forger and artist
This article is about the German art forger and artist.
Wolfgang beltracchi biography
For the German military officer, see Wolfgang Fischer.
Wolfgang Beltracchi | |
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Wolfgang Beltracchi (2024) | |
| Born | Wolfgang Fischer (1951-02-04) 4 February 1951 (age 73) Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Years active | 1965–2010 |
| Known for | Art forger |
| Spouse | Helene Beltracchi (m. 1993) |
Wolfgang Beltracchi (born Wolfgang Fischer on 4 February 1951) is a German former art forger and visual artist[1] who has admitted to forging hundreds of paintings in an international art scam netting millions of euros.
Beltracchi, together with his wife Helene, sold forgeries of alleged works by famous artists, including Max Ernst, Heinrich Campendonk, Fernand Léger, and Kees van Dongen. Though he was found guilty for forging 14 works of art that sold for a combined $45m (£28.6m), he claims to have