Yet another FAKE Van Rysselberghe! This painting, an oil on an old, cheap piece of cardboard, which I went to examine in Italy, is, in my opinion, a forgery. It is a freely and clumsily interpreted pastiche of Van Rysselberghe’s masterpiece ‘La promenade’ (MRBAB collection). Sadly, it comes as...
When blatant incompetence is compounded by negligence, expertise becomes grotesque. What else can be said when this authentic painting by George Morren (authenticated as such by Tony Calabrese, the artist’s distinguished expert) is found in a self-proclaimed ‘Catalogue raisonné of Théo Van Rysselberghe’ under the number 1922-012. The painting...