Ernest Durig
Ernest Durig | |
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 Ruth Bryan Owen poses for Durig, 1920 | |
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 1962 (aged 67–68) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Known for | Art forgery |
Ernest Durig (born Zurich, Switzerland, 1894; died Washington, D.C., United States, 1962[1]) was a sculptor and art forger, known for his faking of drawings by Auguste Rodin.[2]
Durig claimed to have been a pupil of Rodin, but the only documentation of their having ever met is a single photograph.[2]
As a sculptor, Durig, no doubt helped by his claimed link to Rodin, worked for the United States establishment.[2] His sitters included Mussolini,[3] US President Harry S. Truman, and the actor Will Rogers.[4] He sculpted a peace memorial for Greenwood, Wisconsin,[5][6] from an artificial stone made using concrete and fine white sand.[7] Unveiled in 1937, it was restored in 1982.[7]
In July 2016 BBC Television screened an episode of Fake or Fortune? in which a privately held supposed Rodin watercolour of a Cambodian dancer was exposed as a Durig fake.[2]
The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, holds a collection of his drawings.[2] Others, previously thought to be by Rodin, are in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[2] A number of his fakes were first exposed in the 4 June 1965 issue of LIFE.[3]
Bibliography
- Düringer, Ernst (1948). Ernest Durig: sculptures.
References
- ^ "Ernest Durig". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Rodin". Fake or Fortune?. Episode 3. 31 July 2016. BBC Television. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
{{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|transcripturl=(help); Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|seriesno=ignored (|series-number=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "The Great Rodin - His Flagrant Faker". LIFE. 4 June 1965. pp. 64–71.
- ^ "The biography of Ernest Durig". ArtPrice. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Greenwood, Wisconsin's Peace Memorial". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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- ^ a b Garbush, Florence (4 August 1982). "Peace monument part of Greenwood's history". Eau Claire Leader Telegram. p. 28.
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