Life with the World’s Most Notorious Artist

Life with the World’s Most Notorious ArtistConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 916, Segment 1

Mar 17, 2021 • 40m

Backpacking through Europe as a young man, Mark Forgy stopped to take a job with Elmyr de Hory, who was, unbeknownst to Forgy, the greatest art forger of the 20th century. As his apprentice, Forgy actually came to appreciate a form of integrity in de Hory's life of deception. Guest: Mark Forgy, assistant to Elmyr de Hory, the most famous forgery artist of the 20th century, and author of "The Forger’s Apprentice: Life with the World’s Most Notorious Artist"

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