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Pair of Sun Gems, after M.J.Heade 8"x 10"
Ken Perenyi has spent over 30 years perfecting his extraordinary ability to reproduce art from the past.
Indeed most of his life has been spent as a career art forger. His work has appeared as originals in books, magazines, and catalogs for decades.
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Hundreds of his paintings live in galleries & collections to this day.
Unique in the sense that Ken Perenyi is an American Art Forger. He has specialized in the works of James E Buttersworth, Charles Bird King, Antonio Jacoboson, Martin Johnson Heade, and many others. Ken has also extended his oeuvre to British and European paintings. Ken Perenyi can now offer his paintings to connoisseurs who can appreciate a fake "indistinguishable from the real thing". To view examples from his latest collection log on to WWW.KENPERENYI.COM
Paintings by Ken Perenyi
Art forgery dates back more than two-thousand years. Roman sculptors produced copies of Greek sculptures. Presumably the contemporary buyers knew that they were not genuine. During the classical period art was generally created for historical reference, religious inspiration, or simply aesthetic enjoyment. The identity of the artist was often of little importance to the buyer.
During the Renaissance, many painters took on apprentices who studied painting techniques by copying the works and style of the master. As a payment for the training, the master would then sell these works. This practice was generally considered a tribute, not forgery, although some of these copies have later erroneously been attributed to the master.
Following the Renaissance, a redistribution of the world's wealth created a fierce demand for art by a newly prosperous middle class. Near the end of the 14th century, Roman statues were unearthed in Italy, intensifying the populace's interest in antiquities, and leading to sharp increases in the value of these objects. This upsurge soon extended to contemporary and recently deceased artists. Art had become a commercial commodity and the monetary value of the artwork came to depend on the identity of the artist. To identify their works, painters began to mark them, these marks later evolved in to signatures. As the demand for certain artwork began to exceed the supply, fraudulent marks and signatures began to appear on the open market.
The 20th century art market has favored artists such as Salvador Dalí , Pablo Picasso, Klee and Matisse and works by these artists have commonly been targets of forgery. These forgeries are typically sold to art galleries and auction houses who cater to the tastes of art and antiquities collectors.
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