{"id":250,"date":"2021-05-06T02:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T02:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2021-05-13T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:49:15","slug":"shaun-greenhalgh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/shaun-greenhalgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Greenhalgh (1961\u2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"992\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-1024x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-1024x992.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-1536x1488.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1-1568x1519.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/Shaun-Greenhalgh-by-Fabio-De-Paola-004-scaled-1.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Shaun Greenhalgh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK native Greenhalgh began forging artwork as a child. As a young man in the early 1980s, Greenhalgh met an art restorer who purchased his copies, added fake provenances, and sold them on the market. Eventually, the pair had a falling out and Greenhalgh began selling his forgeries himself. Between 1980 and 2006, he created hundreds of masterful forgeries of paintings, sculptures, and artifacts in various styles. Artists he forged included Paul Gauguin and <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/568px-profile_of_a_young_fiancee_-_da_vinci\/\">Leonardo da Vinci<\/a>. He notably faked ancient art as well. In March 2006, Greenhalgh was arrested and sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. While in prison, he wrote a memoir titled <em>A Forger\u2019s Tale<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Elliot Penn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buffenstein, Alyssa. \u201c5 Things to Know About Britain\u2019s Most Notorious Art Forger.\u201d <em>Artsy<\/em>. 31 May 2017. https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/shaun-greenhalgh-notorious-art-forger-974735<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK native Greenhalgh began forging artwork as a child. As a young man in the early 1980s, Greenhalgh met an art restorer who purchased his copies, added fake provenances, and sold them on the market. Eventually, the pair had a falling out and Greenhalgh began selling his forgeries himself. Between 1980 and 2006, he&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/shaun-greenhalgh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shaun Greenhalgh (1961\u2013)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9137,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}