Wolfgang Laemmle

Wolfgang Lämmle (* 1941 in Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt ; † February 27, 2019 in Australia ) was a German artist and art forger .

biography

Lämmle was a trained printer who, as an artist and owner of a gallery, had put self-made copies of well-known painters in the Swabian region on the market as originals and was discovered in 1988. With his forgeries, he is said to have sold around 100,000 D-Marks (2020: approx. 85,000 euros) within three years. Lämmle got away with a suspended sentence and moved to France, where he founded a painting school in Périgord . As a result, Lämmle was able to benefit from media interest. There were successful auctions of his imitations and several TV programs dedicated to him. In 2007 he emigrated to Australia. Lämmle published several books.

literature

Susanna Partsch : Tatort Kunst , CH Beck, Munich 2010, p. 164, ISBN 978-3-406-60621-2

Web links

Short biography of Lämmle

Individual evidence

^ Painter and master forger Wolfgang Lämmle died. In: TAG24 , March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b Onslaught of doppelgangers . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1993 ( online - July 5, 1993 ).

personal data
SURNAME	Laemmle, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist and art forger
DATE OF BIRTH	1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 2019
Place of death	Australia

[1] Painter and master forger Wolfgang Lämmle died. In: TAG24 , March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

[Spiegel13679805-2] Onslaught of doppelgangers . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1993 ( online - July 5, 1993 ).