¿Arte o falacia? El pintor y falsificador húngaro Elmyr de Hory
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Durante la segunda mitad del siglo
XX tuvo lugar un sonoro y mediático
caso de falsificaciones de obras de arte.
Un pintor húngaro, afincado en Ibiza, era
acusado de haber realizado un sinnúmero
de dibujos y pinturas de varios maestros
postimpresionistas haciéndolos pasar por
obras auténticas. El caso conmocionó los
cimientos del mercado del arte vigente.
Hizo que se replanteasen cuestiones básicas
relativas a la autoría de las obras y a los
valores en torno a los que giraban la venta
y adquisición de piezas artísticas, así como
los derechos e intereses culturales de los
artistas, coleccionistas, museos e, incluso,
naciones enteras deseosas de velar por
su patrimonio cultural. Las necesidades
provocadas por la sociedad del bienestar
supusieron el contexto idóneo para que
este fraude tomara las dimensiones de un
fenómeno social, cultural y económico sin
precedentes conocidos.
During the second half of the twentieth century a sound and newsworthy case of art falsification took place. A Hungarian painter who used to live in Ibiza, was accused of having made a number of drawings and paintings and making them seem like authentic artworks. The case shocked the foundations of the art market force at the time. It questioned works authorship and the values around which the sale and acquisition of art works were founded, but also concerned the cultural rights and artists, collectors, museums interests, and even entire nations to eagerly re-think about their cultural heritage. The needs created by the welfare state became the ideal context for this fraud to take social, cultural and economic unprecedented known dimensions.
During the second half of the twentieth century a sound and newsworthy case of art falsification took place. A Hungarian painter who used to live in Ibiza, was accused of having made a number of drawings and paintings and making them seem like authentic artworks. The case shocked the foundations of the art market force at the time. It questioned works authorship and the values around which the sale and acquisition of art works were founded, but also concerned the cultural rights and artists, collectors, museums interests, and even entire nations to eagerly re-think about their cultural heritage. The needs created by the welfare state became the ideal context for this fraud to take social, cultural and economic unprecedented known dimensions.







