Elmyr de Hory

Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Born:

April 16, 1906

Died:

December 11, 1976 (age 70)

Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries gar… more