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A fraud and liar of epic proportions: a dashing art forger whose difficulties selling his naturalistic work in the Modernist-dominated 20th century art market, and experience of persecution as a gay Jew in Central Europe during World War II, fueled the creation and sale of millions' worth of fake Picassos, Matisses, and other masterpieces: some of which are still hidden in major collections and museums.\xa0\n----more----\nSOURCES:\nForgy, Mark.\xa0The Forger's Apprentice: Life With the World's Most Notorious Artist. Scott's Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2012.\nKeats, Jonathon.\xa0Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of our Age. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013.\nMartinique, Elena. 'Elmyr de Hory - The Story of the Most Famous Forger in Art History.'\xa0Widewall.Ch, June 19, 2019.\xa0https://www.widewalls.ch/elmyr-de-hory-art-forger/\n\n\n\nOur intro music is\xa0Arpeggia Colorix\xa0by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons\xa0Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ\xa0Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.