Mark Landis Paintings For Sale

His grandfather arthur landis was a director at the now defunct auburn automobile company.

Mark landis paintings for sale. Upload photos mark creates commissioned pieces from photographs. Mark landis an unnaturally talented artist had attended the art institute of chicago in his youth. As homage to his deceased father and still living mother mr. 1 by 19th century artist charles courtney curran.

Landis showed an intense interest in repetitively copying known works of art by famous artists. Choose your favorite landis designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more. All landis artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30 day money back guarantee. He ll correct you if you call him an artist because his art like his life is not what it first appears to be.

411 likes 14 talking about this. The remarkably high quality forgery was done by mark landis a notorious art forger who has been profiled by the likes of the new yorker and has done copies of artworks by sources ranging from picasso to disney. The painting was three women fig. Mark landis the oklahoma city museum of art.

Add promo code nami20 and get an additional 20 disccount 2. On this occasion he claimed that he wished to donate pieces from his collection before undergoing heart surgery. Please upload at least 1 photograph of non copywrited content if you choose to upload more than 1 photograph ensure that they are of the same subject matter and simply provide clarification. Landis donated his facsimile of a maynard.

Mark landis was born in norfolk virginia. This drawing was also brought by landis to the oklahoma city museum of art. As it turns out he is brilliant albeit he has some mental health issues but is perfectly harmless and kind and also happens to. Mark sometimes has difficult days but through his art he finds purpose and.

Museum staff soon noticed that the supposed 18th century drawing was on new paper that looked as if it had been. It is a different definition of original just as he is. Mark augustus landis born 1955 is an american painter who lives in laurel mississippi he is best known for donating large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to american art museums. Mark landis craves artistic expression and finds strength in the validation he receives from it.

Maybe you ve heard of mark landis from that new york times article that was published a few years ago. Landis submitted as provenance a copy of a sotheby s sales catalogue from the year 2000 showing the work had sold for 98 500. Characteristic of asperger s syndrome mr. Landis discomfort talking about his activities as a priest and lack of substantial provenance made museum staff suspicious.

Shop for landis art from the world s greatest living artists. The quality of his reproductions has been good enough to fool dozens of museums including the smithsonian national portrait gallery.