The Art Of Faking By Susan Vreeland
Nat Hill
7D
ELA 7
Is it Easy or Difficult to Forge Art?
“Ever look at a piece of art and say to yourself ‘even I could do that?’” as it states in the first paragraph of “The Art of Faking”, forging art is not easy. Both “The Art of Faking” By Tania Therien and the excerpt from “Girl in Hyacinth Blue” By Susan Vreeland suggest that forging art requires immense skill and is difficult in multiple ways. “The Art of Faking” shows that forging art is a difficult task by showing Van Meegeren's many steps to creating a realistic forgery. He was successful at forging art, but only because he knew of all of the steps and details required to make art appear real. The text tells us the many difficulties, Van Meegeren went to art school, and learned to use and make exact replicas of the 17th-century paint, which is something not everyone learns how to do. To achieve an even more genuine look he also had to get paintings from the 1600s and manufacture badger hair brushes. Which is most likely a painstaking process requiring vast amounts of time. All of these …show more content…
When Richard sees the painting he doubts its authenticity because there are barely any legitimate Rembrandts. “I sputtered at the thought, the absurdity, his belief. There were many done in the style of Vermeer, and of Rembrandt. School of Rubens, and the like. The art world is full of copyists”. Richard is shocked at even the slightest idea that it might be real, since they are often forged and rarely real. Richard also doubts its validity because of his professor’s know-how and technique and subject matter, “Subject matter alone does not prove authenticity… it was too implausible”. If he knows all of the information, it is quite suspicious, almost as if he made it himself. This shows art forgery is difficult because it can’t be too perfect, or it will appear suspicious and some people won’t believe
7D
ELA 7
Is it Easy or Difficult to Forge Art?
“Ever look at a piece of art and say to yourself ‘even I could do that?’” as it states in the first paragraph of “The Art of Faking”, forging art is not easy. Both “The Art of Faking” By Tania Therien and the excerpt from “Girl in Hyacinth Blue” By Susan Vreeland suggest that forging art requires immense skill and is difficult in multiple ways. “The Art of Faking” shows that forging art is a difficult task by showing Van Meegeren's many steps to creating a realistic forgery. He was successful at forging art, but only because he knew of all of the steps and details required to make art appear real. The text tells us the many difficulties, Van Meegeren went to art school, and learned to use and make exact replicas of the 17th-century paint, which is something not everyone learns how to do. To achieve an even more genuine look he also had to get paintings from the 1600s and manufacture badger hair brushes. Which is most likely a painstaking process requiring vast amounts of time. All of these …show more content…
When Richard sees the painting he doubts its authenticity because there are barely any legitimate Rembrandts. “I sputtered at the thought, the absurdity, his belief. There were many done in the style of Vermeer, and of Rembrandt. School of Rubens, and the like. The art world is full of copyists”. Richard is shocked at even the slightest idea that it might be real, since they are often forged and rarely real. Richard also doubts its validity because of his professor’s know-how and technique and subject matter, “Subject matter alone does not prove authenticity… it was too implausible”. If he knows all of the information, it is quite suspicious, almost as if he made it himself. This shows art forgery is difficult because it can’t be too perfect, or it will appear suspicious and some people won’t believe