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Jun 01, 2017 written in prison, a forger s tale details shaun s notorious career and the extraordinary circumstances that led to it. Shaun greenhalghs a forgers tale is an art memoir with a difference february, 2019 march 2, 2019 jodie sloan an art memoir with a difference, a forgers tale doesnt trace the life and work of a celebrated artist, but that of shaun greenhalgh, one of britains most infamous art forgers. Lowry paintings, from busts of american presidents to anglosaxon brooches, from cuttingedge modernism to the ancient art of the stone age, greenhalgh could and did copy it all. During the court case, the breadth of his forgeries shocked the art world and tantalised. Was i was one of the many people fooled by the bolton forger.
In 2007, bolton crown court sentenced shaun greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of produci. A forger s tale, greenhalgh, shaun, good condition book, isbn 9781760295271. During the court case, the details of his widescale activities as a forger had shocked the art world. Its the story he wrote in prison after the 2007 conviction for crimes that he details in the book. Shaun greenhalgh born 1960 is a british artist and former art forger. Working out of a shed in his parents garden, greenhalgh had successfully fooled some of the world s greatest museums.
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