http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8279042.stm
£300 for 'fake Renoir' portrait A piece of art created in the style of Renoir has sold for £300 at an auction in Banbury, Oxfordshire.The pastel portrait of a young woman is by the late Tom Keating - known for recreating the works of famous artists. In the 1970s Keating faced a charge of conspiracy to defraud, but the case was dropped due to his ill health. The picture auctioned is believed to be one Keating produced for a TV series in the 1980s to demonstrate the techniques behind the work of Renoir. Nick Williams of Holloway's auction house said: "Since his death, Keating's paintings have become increasingly sought after." In 2008 a fake Monet by Keating sold for £15,000 after it turned up on the Antiques Roadshow. Keating, who died aged 67 in 1984, admitted in 1979 that nine works of art said to be drawings by Samuel Palmer were, in fact, his copies.
The pastel portrait of a young woman is by the late Tom Keating - known for recreating the works of famous artists.
In the 1970s Keating faced a charge of conspiracy to defraud, but the case was dropped due to his ill health.
The picture auctioned is believed to be one Keating produced for a TV series in the 1980s to demonstrate the techniques behind the work of Renoir.
Nick Williams of Holloway's auction house said: "Since his death, Keating's paintings have become increasingly sought after."
In 2008 a fake Monet by Keating sold for £15,000 after it turned up on the Antiques Roadshow.
Keating, who died aged 67 in 1984, admitted in 1979 that nine works of art said to be drawings by Samuel Palmer were, in fact, his copies.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:45 (fifteen years ago)
sheer vulgarity. the gap between rich and poor just keeps getting wider.
― jed_, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:57 (fifteen years ago)
Discarded headlines include "Value of crap art falls by 5000% in two years"
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:03 (fifteen years ago)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46456000/jpg/_46456726_nickwilliamswithkeating.jpg
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago)
Is the decapitated look intentional?
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:19 (fifteen years ago)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1yQHKTFH84c/STwX-NtU9SI/AAAAAAAAAAM/l4olAaNReUM/s320/greenribbon.jpg
― baout.com (dyao), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago)
Doesn't look very happy about it, does she? Kinda mildly pissed off.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 10:25 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/images/sleeve_dasies.jpg
One slightly happier...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago)
why say "i love you"? why not say "an egg"?
― zappi, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:44 (fifteen years ago)