Number	22973
Subject	Art
Source	ARTnews
State	NY
Year	2006
Publication Date	01/2006
Summary	Forgers were buying inexpensive paintings by minor European artists from the 19th century, and "russifying" them. They added fake signatures and sold them for large sums to inexperienced Russian collectors. For instance, the forgers would replace something in the painting, perhaps a Roman ruin, and replace it with something more "Russian," like an onion-domed church. The value of these paintings went from a few thousand dollars elsewhere to hundreds of thousands of dollars in Moscow. ARTnews' story includes before and after photos showing how some works were altered to look more "Russian."
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	9
Keywords	Art; art forgery; Russian art; art collectors; art value
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