Monday 30 April 2018

How can a building appear on a canvas,

painted by an artist that was not built untill after he had died?


a tricky question and one that is never going to have a happy answer, so here goes, a group of specialists assembled to answer that question, it appears that after his doubts Eric Forcada first raised at the museum, Musée Terrus at 3 Rue Porte Balaguer, 66200 Elne, France, the group has now found that they estimated 82 of the paintings, nearly half of the museum's collection, were not painted by Etienne Terrus, who the museum is dedicated to, "I put myself in the place of all the people who came to visit the museum, who saw fake works, who took a ticket of entry, whatever the price, it is unacceptable", stated the mayor of Elne, Yves Barniol, when talking to France Bleu Roussillon, "I hope we will find the officials," 



 the publicly owned museum is believed to have paid over £140,000 for the paintings over a 20 year period between 1990 and 2010, so next time you want to buy an expensive painting, ask an expert, but which one?


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