Elmyr de Hory, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elmyr de Hory

Hungarian painter and art forger

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1906

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1976

Profession: painter, art forger

Nationality: Hungary, Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; Budapest, April 14, 1906 – Ibiza, December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger, who is said to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world.
His forgeries garnered celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake (1969); a documentary essay film by Orson Welles, F for Fake (1974); and a biography by Mark Forgy, The Forger's Apprentice: Life with the World's Most Notorious Artist (2012).