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The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio is one of the most technically impressive paintings ever made. The fact that he could forge that piece well enough to sell it really shows how talented this man is.
That being said he mixed up Saint Peter and Saint John, and they didn't show his forgery. Not to knock his talent but the coolidge painting wasn't that accurate, so I'd be surprised if his Caravaggio painting is that impressive.
@@Marveh The Coolidge they showed that he forged was pretty damn accurate, the big difference is the way the photos were taken. The original looks like a high detail scan whereas the forgery seems to have been photographed in a random room at an odd angle. If you put them side by side in person they'd probably be pretty hard to distinguish.
When I saw the picture of him in my TH-cam feed and the title of the video I thought, oh my bloody goodness... That's Max! Back in 2005 I used to work in a pub in burgess hill where he was a regular. I'd often listen to his life stories and found him fascinating. So good to see Max is alive and well. Crazy to see him on an interview with ladbible. A truly fascinating character.
@@atticustay1 Well if you look at 7:39 you can see people were much more easily fooled.. more unsophisticated and trusting. Truly "good old days" for scammers of any ilk and probably says a lot about society on the whole of the time. That "copy" wouldn't stand up for a moment these days.
Trouble is the ones who think because someone has form they are still at it. Cameras, facial recognition, hard to breathe in this modern Utopia let alone consider breaking the law. 45 years of a reformed honest life, a good working rewarding life and the Government passes a bill so everyone who has done 5 years + is watched and have their lives ruined by ambitious security guards who want to make a name for themselves. I am still not going off the rails again even though the instances of abuse were frequent to begin with and I have put up with this nonsense for ten years or so. Do not envy the young; we have seriously taken a wrong step. Met Reg K. and baked their birthday cake when stars from film were visiting him. True a different world now.
This man is so talented. A shame it's not acknowledged more. To forge something, not to mention so many different styles, to that level is nothing short of genius
if you know anything about art youd know its not hard to copy any painting. why ? because as a good painter you know all colors, can create all of them and can replicate any painting. the only really "hard" thing is to get the colors and oils that were used back then. Thats it.
Agree. Imagine what he could have done as an understudy of a master (or a few master) artists ? He’s be worth way more. Picasso was basically like him and by his mid 20’s he got bored of “normal” painting.
He probably isn't. Of course, this is illegal, but i guess most of us feel somewhere inside of us that its a problem of the art market / art valuation when one guy's painting is worth millions while when another guy with at least as much talent makes a painting in his style its worth nothing unless he lies about who made it. Not trying to say its great that he's doing this nor trying to encourage more people to do it, but i can understand the moral justification behind it. Totally different from stealing, robbing, murdering and raping. Kind of like how most of us can bring up respect for the people who manage to cheat the casino.
@@arjensmit6684 "when another guy with at least as much talent makes a painting in his style" but we didn't see any examples of him doing something "in the style of", we saw 1 for 1 copying. I'd find an actual original work done indistinguishably in the style of a master far more impressive.
@Лошадь Well, it's just a video meant to be viral, they are just going along with all the bollocks he says. They gave a link to his site where you can see for yourself, especially the 'forged' Caravaggio.
@@Shcreamingreen I saw a documentary where he legit put paintings in auctions and also had them appraised at art galleries and nobody knew they were fakes, I think VICE did it. So I guess he is quite the skillful art forger.
@@frutkovrutko3053 VICE is also a clickbait channel. The guy is a nice man and probably sold a few pictures in his life, but every info about his great forgeries comes from himself only, yet he can't even accurately copy a Caravaggio, not to say convincingly.
"If any of you need a Banksy on your kitchen door, ring me up and I'll come and do it half price" You may leave the game, but you never truly leave the game.
I worked with him briefly at an art gallery in Worthing when I was selling his work. He was lovely to me every time I met him and we spoke for hours about his work and art history. And he was the easiest artist to talk about to clients as I could tell them all the stories he told me and they loved them too!
holy shit, the degree of detail he nailed in "a church among trees" is amazing. i used to copy art for fun so i really can appreciate how accurate he got it
Can you explain his copy of "A Fight" then? Because I see that it's definitely very similar but it's no where near identical. Not enough to actually fool anyone. Is that considered good in the forgery world? The thickness of the lines isn't even close.
@@martinabrandrett6062 Did you miss the entirety of his profession and why he's on this show or? It's definitely meant to fool people. Why else would you produce counterfit art?
Remaking oil paintings is such a difficult thing to do. Oil painting can get so chaotic and messy, that tempering it to be a full imitation of an already existing work, it's beyond impressive.
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With talent like that... you can literally paint these pieces. Outright tell people you painted it. .... and it would still have value because of your past and the accuracy of your craft. Sometimes forgeries are worth as much or more when a good story is behind it.
It's interesting because as an artist he's probably technically more talented than the most famous artists as he's been able to masterfully replicate such a variety of styles!
Copying what a genius does doesn't make you a genius. There's execution and there's conceptualization. Max is clearly talented at execution but, honestly, that's the easier bit.
He will forge till the day he dies. He forges paintings that he obviously likes personally and has a lot of respect for. I’m sure he is as good as any painter ever was.
He only paints legitimate copies these days.... and loves it..... Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
@@anthonyvalentine4009 oh yea I got that, I’m just saying he will still do forgeries. Not to try and pass off but because he appreciates gifted pieces of art.
I honestly would love to just watch a TH-cam channel where he paints and talks through the thought processes and methods/techniques he and the painters before him used while he makes a reproduction
I would love this! I am sad my dad could stick around this world to see this. I heard him talk many times about his envy of forgers, and he reminded me of what had stopped being required of students by the 70s - the importance of copying the masters. That you could eventually no help showing your own hand. BTW, Dad was born in a tenement in Detroit, his 2 siblings died of the cold. He would sneak out and watch Diego Rivera paint the murals in the Detroit Institute, and one day looked up through the scaffolding and said, :"Hy! Mister! That's pretty GOOD!" and Rivera there rags at him and said Go AWAY little boy!!". After the war, he went to the Philadelphia MOA and - long story short - had to support a family and when he retired, he went back to painting. 3 of his cowboy pieces were chosen for a show at the Louvre to celebrate American Artists In Paris for the US Bicentennial. He always felt he was a failure, but hello...? The Louvre!! haha
My mum was an art teacher. Back in the 80's her colleague ,Mick, taught art to the prisoners in Strangeways in the evenings. One of the prisoners who he dealt with was in for art forgery (wondering if it might even be this bloke?). Mick also had a connection to the BBC in Manchester. He got a wedding invite from a producer (or director? Someone flash at the time, possibly iirc conected to Coronation Street) and was dismayed at the level of presents on the wedding list as the couple were using it to set themselves up in their new house (washing machine/King size bed etc etc). One thing caught his eye though, an Edwardian watercolour! He decided that he would have a go at painting one of those. He took advice from the forger on how to do this, and with some help from my mother as well on style/technique/composition, produced a painting then set about aging it (lemon juice and heated in a tin in an oven?) a period correct frame bought from a junk shop and nails aged in his garden etc. The couple were delighted with the painting, it was the one present, said Mick, that all the guests seemed to focus on amongst all the expensive stuff and no one seemed to have any doubts about it, not even Mick's wife whom he hadn't let in on the secret. Some months later Mick got a phone call, it was the husband who very apologetically mentioned that he'd been asked to submit something to a charity auction. He explained that since they were still setting up their life together he didn't really have anything suitable apart from the Edwardian watercolour, as much as they'd hate to lose it, would Mick be upset if he donated it? Mick could only agree that it was their's to do with what grey wanted/good cause... and hoped nothing would happen to get him in trouble. He found out later that it was appraised/valued for £500 and sold for £1000
What a legend this old gentleman is! Skilled in art, a crook with a pride, he knows how good he is and he is an embodiment of all the soulful English of a bygone era. Do you miss the old days, sir? So do i, so do i....
So one man has the talent of numerous famous painters but is labelled a forger. He should be praised for being able to do what he can when these other painters are held in such high esteem.
He is a copying machine lol. The idea is already on canvas and all he did was copy paste. Its not as much about painting technique but about the idea itself. The size, the subject, the colors, the shading. Its all there, served on a platter. Its what seperate tattooers from tattoo artists as well. You can pick an image from a book and have any tattooer do an okay job. But if all you have is a simple idea, what you need is an actual tattoo artist to make the idea reality.
This was brilliant! Max is a natural. It also highlights just how odd the law can be in assessing what is a crime and what is a work of art, and sheer brilliance. When a person follows their passion they're truly living. Max is one of those people, one with a real gift. Thanks for filming this inspirational interview.
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
The Caravaggio copy is very impressive. Caravaggio used to paint using optics, that is he used convex mirrors to reflect the image he wanted to paint on to the canvas, a character at a time. That is how he got the amazing phot realistic look.
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Amazing interview!! This was my dream as kid, become an art forger. I paint and I'm quite good at it, but this man pulled off a Caravaggio, and that's in completely different league. Hats off and I demand a series based on this man's life ASAP.
It's unfortunate that no one bothered to nurture the talent he had by sending him to a art school, but it's nice he acknowledged Bernados and made money for them
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Fucking excellent. He’s forgotten more stories than he’ll ever tell, what a fantastic bloke and what a fantastic 15 minute snapshot ( or should I say pen and ink drawing) of a fascinating life.
You are so right... Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
I loved this guy in Eastbound & Down! “Can you feel the tension in the air right now? I know I can… I can feel it, down in my plums… Getting a nice blueish hue. Gettin’ ready to take ‘em to a farmers market!” “Donna! Let! The Boy! Paint!”
You can see (or hear) more tales from Max's wonderful life in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
If you liked this little snippet... Max's biography tells it all.... 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' currently rated 4.7* on Amazon! 🙂
If i'd had an opotunity to comission a forged piece from him, id like to get one of Rembrandts work. He is professional at what he does, and i think he is able to recreate the tension in the eyes, the feel of the fabrics painted.
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Fascinating story to say the least. To replicate a masterwork requires knowledge of technique , medium and color synthesis with no variation to the original. His observational skills in his minds eye transmitted to his hand eye coordination to reproduce every stroke flawlessly are superior. I would suggest purchasing one of his legitimate originals because artists of his caliber are few and far between.
If I was wealthy I'd hire him to create works for my home. Just a bunch of paintings of subjects that interest me, each in the style of one of my favorite artists.
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I’ve heard this story before, but I didn’t quite like the ending. In all seriousness, emulating paintings take a lot more than talent to pull off. Still, this man knows what he’s doing.
The value goes up once the supply is finite. Paint a few then maim your hand. Can't paint any more. Not a great strategy for life but better than being dead.
Honestly, with kids throwing food at priceless works of art, we need people like him to forge all of the paintings. It’s probably time that some paintings are kept away from the public like the ones at the French cave
Hes right about rubbing dirt for Patina. I repair fine wood surfaces, antiques, new stuff, I literally collect and rub grey warehouse(cardboard) dust on repairs as a last step to restore patina.It's always the perfect shade of color
This man is a true artist, can paint literally anything. I admire his skills more then pretty much any artist. I get why its illegal but I thunk this is the peak of artistry.
This was great fun to watch. I used to be a fan of the Art forger Tom Keating when I was a kid .he was a very different type of man but had the same talent. . I love fakers of any kind they show up the pretentions of the know-it-alls. I do hope this guy writes his autobiography. That old world of London characters fascinates me.
hi max saying hello I worked with Tom keating in 1967 met in club Row then met Sammy fantastic days. book out max brandrett Britain's number one art forger. god bless max
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Max had nothing and had to feed himself... and he learnt forgeries paid way more than originals.... a shame but true. Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
All painting artists steal from each other. They copy ideas and use in their own works. This happens every day in the world of Pop Art. Even Picasso did. So this charming character hasn’t done anything wrong. And gladly he doesn’t regret a thing. Wonderful. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊
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Brilliant interview. Thanks LADbible. Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
Bloody good read, very interesting life.
Thanks for sharing
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LB posts brilliant stuff, this is class! 👍
@@hanselmansell7555 Max's biography is out now - entitled 'Life of a Cheeky Faker' and currently rated 4.7* on Amazon.
This guy looks exactly like you'd expect an art forger to look.
Good so th-cam.com/video/dIVZ5ssWB-o/w-d-xo.html
Dodgy!
That's cos he is an art forger! =)
Either that or be the head of Formula 1.
@Kovas M. Yes indeed lol
I demand a film of this man's life.
Lol
It ends with a TH-cam comment exclaiming that he's BANKSY.
i can't remember the name but there's a documentary about an art forger & another man who is obsessed with stopping him.
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Exactly
The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio is one of the most technically impressive paintings ever made. The fact that he could forge that piece well enough to sell it really shows how talented this man is.
Is it really him that did the world famous forgery??
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That being said he mixed up Saint Peter and Saint John, and they didn't show his forgery. Not to knock his talent but the coolidge painting wasn't that accurate, so I'd be surprised if his Caravaggio painting is that impressive.
@@Marveh The Coolidge they showed that he forged was pretty damn accurate, the big difference is the way the photos were taken. The original looks like a high detail scan whereas the forgery seems to have been photographed in a random room at an odd angle. If you put them side by side in person they'd probably be pretty hard to distinguish.
Well done sir absolutely correct. 💯 photo taken in my small studio. Max brandrett.
When I saw the picture of him in my TH-cam feed and the title of the video I thought, oh my bloody goodness... That's Max!
Back in 2005 I used to work in a pub in burgess hill where he was a regular. I'd often listen to his life stories and found him fascinating.
So good to see Max is alive and well. Crazy to see him on an interview with ladbible.
A truly fascinating character.
@@anthonyvalentine4009 Thank you, that's a biography i'd definitely read!
That’s CRAZY. So fun to read about these encounters and memories from the past, that’s insane 😆😆 Great that you remember him after ALL these years
Really felt sorry for him when he said he misses the old days. He’s from a totally different world that’s gone forever.
Time is always moving on. There’s nothing especially better about “the old days”
I feel more sorry for us younger folks. Ay least they got to experience it.
@@atticustay1 Well if you look at 7:39 you can see people were much more easily fooled.. more unsophisticated and trusting. Truly "good old days" for scammers of any ilk and probably says a lot about society on the whole of the time. That "copy" wouldn't stand up for a moment these days.
Trouble is the ones who think because someone has form they are still at it. Cameras, facial recognition, hard to breathe in this modern Utopia let alone consider breaking the law. 45 years of a reformed honest life, a good working rewarding life and the Government passes a bill so everyone who has done 5 years + is watched and have their lives ruined by ambitious security guards who want to make a name for themselves. I am still not going off the rails again even though the instances of abuse were frequent to begin with and I have put up with this nonsense for ten years or so. Do not envy the young; we have seriously taken a wrong step. Met Reg K. and baked their birthday cake when stars from film were visiting him. True a different world now.
@@atticustay1 I'm 29 and even I miss the old non woke days of the 2000s. The current era blows and everyone seems to recognize it but YOU...huh.
He's not only a former criminal and an excellent painter, he's a wonderful storyteller ♥️
And a massive bullshitter.
Someone who can paint this well surely has a rich inner world, only it's tuned the wrong way. 🤷🏼♂️
ah yes, a former criminal, how attractive.
Great sense of humor 👍
former art thief to humble story teller
He’s exactly like the dude that says, “I’m a businessmen and my business is crime”.
No
Yea the old style of geezer
Sounds abit like him too
Bobby cunmings
@@matthewreilly7153 dude close your eyes and they sound exactly the same
This man is so talented. A shame it's not acknowledged more. To forge something, not to mention so many different styles, to that level is nothing short of genius
if you know anything about art youd know its not hard to copy any painting.
why ? because as a good painter you know all colors, can create all of them and can replicate any painting.
the only really "hard" thing is to get the colors and oils that were used back then.
Thats it.
@@m4mmsy734 not at all, coming from an artist and oil painter. Always someone looking to be big headed on matters they have no idea about.
@@dytona1223 exactly man 🙏🏽
It's a sad form of genius. With no content . Don't forget he did not paint also ''his stuff''.
@@m4mmsy734 Damn! When you have no clue about painting and wanna sound like an expert.
What a gent. His art are not fakes. He painted them. He’s a very talented artist. His art is real. The world is bizarre.
The problem is not the paintings, it's him trying to sell them, like they're painted by the original painter and not him.
his art isnt real, and hes not an artist, he's an excellent photocopier! however he tells a great story :)
He is now famous enough that he paints copies and sells them for what they are. And he fetches high enough prices to get forged himself.
This guy doesn't seem like such a bad person, just a lost boy, with amazing talent that was taken advantage of instead of nurtured
Agree. Imagine what he could have done as an understudy of a master (or a few master) artists ? He’s be worth way more. Picasso was basically like him and by his mid 20’s he got bored of “normal” painting.
He probably isn't.
Of course, this is illegal, but i guess most of us feel somewhere inside of us that its a problem of the art market / art valuation when one guy's painting is worth millions while when another guy with at least as much talent makes a painting in his style its worth nothing unless he lies about who made it.
Not trying to say its great that he's doing this nor trying to encourage more people to do it, but i can understand the moral justification behind it. Totally different from stealing, robbing, murdering and raping. Kind of like how most of us can bring up respect for the people who manage to cheat the casino.
@@arjensmit6684 "when another guy with at least as much talent makes a painting in his style" but we didn't see any examples of him doing something "in the style of", we saw 1 for 1 copying. I'd find an actual original work done indistinguishably in the style of a master far more impressive.
You can't top this, you can't. To get a legitimate professional art fraudster at this level take an interview like this is just extraordinary.
check out Wolfgang Beltracci
He can't be even called a professional painter. Look at the "art" on his website.
@Лошадь Well, it's just a video meant to be viral, they are just going along with all the bollocks he says. They gave a link to his site where you can see for yourself, especially the 'forged' Caravaggio.
@@Shcreamingreen I saw a documentary where he legit put paintings in auctions and also had them appraised at art galleries and nobody knew they were fakes, I think VICE did it. So I guess he is quite the skillful art forger.
@@frutkovrutko3053 VICE is also a clickbait channel. The guy is a nice man and probably sold a few pictures in his life, but every info about his great forgeries comes from himself only, yet he can't even accurately copy a Caravaggio, not to say convincingly.
"If any of you need a Banksy on your kitchen door, ring me up and I'll come and do it half price"
You may leave the game, but you never truly leave the game.
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Priceless 😂
Thats funny, because Banksy himself is plagiator who stole his art from Xavier Prou "Blek le Rat"
@@anthonyvalentine4009 get a life g
i got a feeling Banksy wouldn't mind
I worked with him briefly at an art gallery in Worthing when I was selling his work. He was lovely to me every time I met him and we spoke for hours about his work and art history. And he was the easiest artist to talk about to clients as I could tell them all the stories he told me and they loved them too!
I don't believe you
@@saturnlizards Given that last year she started college at Courtauld, I'm gonna call bs too
@@TheChzoronzon I don't believe you
@@saturnlizards oh shut up
@@TheChzoronzon ask your mom
holy shit, the degree of detail he nailed in "a church among trees" is amazing. i used to copy art for fun so i really can appreciate how accurate he got it
Can you explain his copy of "A Fight" then? Because I see that it's definitely very similar but it's no where near identical. Not enough to actually fool anyone. Is that considered good in the forgery world? The thickness of the lines isn't even close.
@@DoobieFerguson that’s not meant to fool
Anyone. It’s 2023 new canvas
@@martinabrandrett6062 Did you miss the entirety of his profession and why he's on this show or? It's definitely meant to fool people. Why else would you produce counterfit art?
I'd honestly pay for one of his forgeries just for the talent of him being such a good artist he can replicate them at all
You can buy one. He still paints copies and sells them honestly for what they are. But be prepared they are not cheap, he has made a name for himself.
What a friendly, well behaved and soft spoken gentleman...oh wow, could listen to him for hours.
Me too!!
Well behaved lol 😆
200 Quid in 68 was a fortune😂
the paintings you see on ladbible are on new canvas and not old fakes like I did in 60s max
Are you smoking the drapes?
There's crime that takes skill. And then there's this. Forging the work of the greatest creative minds in our history is incredible.
Lying to an entire nation takes some skill too ….you’d know ya filthy criminal
Funny that this comment would come from Bill Clinton lol.
And there's getting caught innit Bill?
@@bitTorrenter I only got caught for the things I want to be seen getting caught for.
Remaking oil paintings is such a difficult thing to do. Oil painting can get so chaotic and messy, that tempering it to be a full imitation of an already existing work, it's beyond impressive.
This story gets better with time like a fine wine.
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Fair enough
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I'd love to see him painting. And maybe a whole gallery of fakes 😂 would be great. Cheaper than going to the proper museum to see the originals
probably his in the museums anyway
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Yeah, get him doing a show like the old bob ross!! 😂
The Louvre is like 20$ for a ticket
National gallery is free so are the tate gallaries
I loved listening to this guy! The art world can be so pretentious at times, nothing pretentious about his candid explanation & love of art...👏🏻
This video could have gone on a few more hours, and I would have enjoyed every second. What a fascinating man.
To pull the wool over the eyes of critic, expert, auction house and millionaire buyer alike is an art in itself. Kudos.
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Now this guys art and copies will have their own value. What a legend!
With talent like that... you can literally paint these pieces. Outright tell people you painted it. .... and it would still have value because of your past and the accuracy of your craft. Sometimes forgeries are worth as much or more when a good story is behind it.
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It's interesting because as an artist he's probably technically more talented than the most famous artists as he's been able to masterfully replicate such a variety of styles!
So true
No. He isn't . And actually he is not an artist . He;s got no personality. Just borrowed ones . He's got an amazing eye to hand dexterity . Native .
@@cooltrades7469 Says the one who's never picked a brush to put paint on a canvas.
@@cooltrades7469 💀
Copying what a genius does doesn't make you a genius. There's execution and there's conceptualization. Max is clearly talented at execution but, honestly, that's the easier bit.
Love this guy......never hurt anyone....except in the pocket 🤣
The biography 'Britain's No1 Art Forger - The Life of a Cheeky Faker' is out now! Lots of amazing and amusing stories! 4.6* on Amazon and Goodreads.
He will forge till the day he dies. He forges paintings that he obviously likes personally and has a lot of respect for. I’m sure he is as good as any painter ever was.
He only paints legitimate copies these days.... and loves it..... Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
@@anthonyvalentine4009 oh yea I got that, I’m just saying he will still do forgeries. Not to try and pass off but because he appreciates gifted pieces of art.
I honestly would love to just watch a TH-cam channel where he paints and talks through the thought processes and methods/techniques he and the painters before him used while he makes a reproduction
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Max brandrett.
I would love this! I am sad my dad could stick around this world to see this. I heard him talk many times about his envy of forgers, and he reminded me of what had stopped being required of students by the 70s - the importance of copying the masters. That you could eventually no help showing your own hand.
BTW, Dad was born in a tenement in Detroit, his 2 siblings died of the cold. He would sneak out and watch Diego Rivera paint the murals in the Detroit Institute, and one day looked up through the scaffolding and said, :"Hy! Mister! That's pretty GOOD!" and Rivera there rags at him and said Go AWAY little boy!!". After the war, he went to the Philadelphia MOA and - long story short - had to support a family and when he retired, he went back to painting. 3 of his cowboy pieces were chosen for a show at the Louvre to celebrate American Artists In Paris for the US Bicentennial. He always felt he was a failure, but hello...? The Louvre!! haha
I just watched this and noticed I have a smile on my face. Probably because, there's nothing better than a story told well.
“Have you ever worked with elephants”
I wonder how many people said yes to that one 😂
First thing that i thought .. did it really need asking to an adult ? Let alone a child ... "yeah sure mate i have 3 elephants at home" 🤣🤣🤣
Goon show joke.
10 YEARS ago I was an award winning rapper that was loved by many YET I never uttered one word. How is this possible?
My mum was an art teacher. Back in the 80's her colleague ,Mick, taught art to the prisoners in Strangeways in the evenings. One of the prisoners who he dealt with was in for art forgery (wondering if it might even be this bloke?).
Mick also had a connection to the BBC in Manchester. He got a wedding invite from a producer (or director? Someone flash at the time, possibly iirc conected to Coronation Street) and was dismayed at the level of presents on the wedding list as the couple were using it to set themselves up in their new house (washing machine/King size bed etc etc). One thing caught his eye though, an Edwardian watercolour! He decided that he would have a go at painting one of those.
He took advice from the forger on how to do this, and with some help from my mother as well on style/technique/composition, produced a painting then set about aging it (lemon juice and heated in a tin in an oven?) a period correct frame bought from a junk shop and nails aged in his garden etc.
The couple were delighted with the painting, it was the one present, said Mick, that all the guests seemed to focus on amongst all the expensive stuff and no one seemed to have any doubts about it, not even Mick's wife whom he hadn't let in on the secret.
Some months later Mick got a phone call, it was the husband who very apologetically mentioned that he'd been asked to submit something to a charity auction. He explained that since they were still setting up their life together he didn't really have anything suitable apart from the Edwardian watercolour, as much as they'd hate to lose it, would Mick be upset if he donated it?
Mick could only agree that it was their's to do with what grey wanted/good cause... and hoped nothing would happen to get him in trouble. He found out later that it was appraised/valued for £500 and sold for £1000
“Good artists borrow, great artists steal” -Pablo Picasso
What a legend this old gentleman is! Skilled in art, a crook with a pride, he knows how good he is and he is an embodiment of all the soulful English of a bygone era. Do you miss the old days, sir? So do i, so do i....
Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
I told u what this is.
Remenber???
U have no excuse
I live in the US and I miss those days.
So one man has the talent of numerous famous painters but is labelled a forger. He should be praised for being able to do what he can when these other painters are held in such high esteem.
He is a copying machine lol. The idea is already on canvas and all he did was copy paste. Its not as much about painting technique but about the idea itself. The size, the subject, the colors, the shading. Its all there, served on a platter. Its what seperate tattooers from tattoo artists as well. You can pick an image from a book and have any tattooer do an okay job. But if all you have is a simple idea, what you need is an actual tattoo artist to make the idea reality.
What a lovely guy. I can say that quite happily as I didn't buy any of his forgeries! He is a true artist, thats what matters, he has a special gift.
This was brilliant! Max is a natural. It also highlights just how odd the law can be in assessing what is a crime and what is a work of art, and sheer brilliance. When a person follows their passion they're truly living. Max is one of those people, one with a real gift. Thanks for filming this inspirational interview.
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
The Caravaggio copy is very impressive. Caravaggio used to paint using optics, that is he used convex mirrors to reflect the image he wanted to paint on to the canvas, a character at a time. That is how he got the amazing phot realistic look.
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Amazing interview!! This was my dream as kid, become an art forger. I paint and I'm quite good at it, but this man pulled off a Caravaggio, and that's in completely different league. Hats off and I demand a series based on this man's life ASAP.
It's unfortunate that no one bothered to nurture the talent he had by sending him to a art school, but it's nice he acknowledged Bernados and made money for them
I loved doctor barnardos children's home my choice to go down that road. Max
Yes Barnados made a killing that day they sold 3 Rembrandts 5 Turners 2 Constables and a Devinchi to an anonamous American Bidder
I've been to art school - one thing they don't do is nurture talent lol!
He doesnt need a art school... He would eat them alive ...😃😂 hes a free soul...
had a early Christmas card from Dorchester nick from the screws said happy Christmas max wish to were here. God bless max the forger.
I've always liked artists who can turn their hand to any style.
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
I could hear him talk all day what a absolute legend
Fucking excellent. He’s forgotten more stories than he’ll ever tell, what a fantastic bloke and what a fantastic 15 minute snapshot ( or should I say pen and ink drawing) of a fascinating life.
You are so right... Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Running away from Ronnie Kray might just have been the cleverest thing this lad has ever done.
yes I agree but both were quite good and polite so respect to them. would love to know what happened to the painting 🖼 max brandrett
I loved this guy in Eastbound & Down!
“Can you feel the tension in the air right now? I know I can…
I can feel it, down in my plums…
Getting a nice blueish hue.
Gettin’ ready to take ‘em to a farmers market!”
“Donna! Let! The Boy! Paint!”
I like to see him paint an original. Fantastic artist.
Everyone from his era has a knack for storytelling and they all have the same style. “ he said to me. And then I said” from a time gone by
You can see (or hear) more tales from Max's wonderful life in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Wow, this dude met the Kray twins. What a great storyteller!
Wonderful. Wonderful. The art world deserves everything it gets. Shame he can’t still pull the wool! Loved it.
a real life lovejoy and what a joy it was to hear his life story thanks for sharing it with us mate
,thanks and a big thank you to doctor barnardos.
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
He honestly seems like a pretty cool guy to chill with. Like he's just a fun dude.
If you liked this little snippet... Max's biography tells it all.... 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' currently rated 4.7* on Amazon! 🙂
“Good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
- Pablo Picasso
If i'd had an opotunity to comission a forged piece from him, id like to get one of Rembrandts work. He is professional at what he does, and i think he is able to recreate the tension in the eyes, the feel of the fabrics painted.
The guy’s a genius. I bet he’s got a few good books in him. Takes someone special to do what he’s done with his life.
Look it up.
Hard to believe.
Look at his eyes.
You can tell
Look at the shape of his head.
Straight up, he's a genius, can only imagine how amazing how own pieces of artwork look.
Max's biography is full of entertaining tales... It's called: BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
@@anthonyvalentine4009 thank you!
Amazing talent! I hope we see a Netflix Documentary on this talented man !!
Pablo Picasso was once quoted to have said ‘Good artists copy, great artists steal.’
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
I'd love to see a film based on this guy and what he done. What a legend
What a legend. I could listen to him for hours.
Fascinating story to say the least. To replicate a masterwork requires knowledge of technique , medium and color synthesis with no variation to the original. His observational skills in his minds eye transmitted to his hand eye coordination to reproduce every stroke flawlessly are superior. I would suggest purchasing one of his legitimate originals because artists of his caliber are few and far between.
congratulations Max love your book Britain’s No. 1 Art Forger Max Brandrett:
If I was wealthy I'd hire him to create works for my home. Just a bunch of paintings of subjects that interest me, each in the style of one of my favorite artists.
We need a film about this dude
I love the little details he added to the paintings that isn't in the original. Like the clock in the Coolidge painting 16:02 shows another time
Well done finding that little detail 👏
If you liked this little snippet... Max's biography tells it all.... 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' currently rated 4.7* on Amazon! 🙂
"You win some you loose some" best line ever
I always have a soft spot for art forgers and cat burglars.
Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
Me too. They only hurt the rich and that's only in their pocket where they can afford it.
Same. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
What? Surely you are joking. Who could possibly have a soft spot for a person who would steal a cat???
Preposterous!
wtf just stop
Who cares about a bit of forging to survive, this man is a lovely person and he should really be famous and respected.
this is such an honest man at this point in his life, the amount of pure honesty here it seems is 100%
I’ve heard this story before, but I didn’t quite like the ending. In all seriousness, emulating paintings take a lot more than talent to pull off. Still, this man knows what he’s doing.
if he was born 200 years ago he might have a chance in the art world, because the real value is not in the skill, but in the fact that you are dead.
The value goes up once the supply is finite. Paint a few then maim your hand. Can't paint any more. Not a great strategy for life but better than being dead.
This dude is a genius, that's an amazing talent he has.
now THIS is the most interesting man in the world.
Need a documentary & film about this man.
No telepromter or a script, fluent as river. Literally, the way he tell the tale, I can see it.
Honestly, with kids throwing food at priceless works of art, we need people like him to forge all of the paintings. It’s probably time that some paintings are kept away from the public like the ones at the French cave
What an interesting man. I could sit and listen to him all day.
Absolutely loved this interview. So interesting. What a talent to have
This has got to be made into a good old Brit flick, with Jude Law as Max and Bill Nighy as the Sammy Cohen. Come on someone - make it!
A netflix series of art forgers would be dope 👌
His memory is so good
Awesome. Love these docs, so interesting
Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
Lovely story about Max Brandrett. Would be nice to see a movie made in honor of Max. A good old classic.
Hes right about rubbing dirt for Patina. I repair fine wood surfaces, antiques, new stuff, I literally collect and rub grey warehouse(cardboard) dust on repairs as a last step to restore patina.It's always the perfect shade of color
I would love to meet Max, what a fabulous Man.
"Have you ever worked with elephants"
Omg all the time! Haha
Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
Lol I didn't realise how absurd that question was until your comment 😂
my day's on the circus 🎪 fantastic loved my Elephants all still remember all the names. Max
@@maxbrandrett5858 legend you are mate!
This man is a true artist, can paint literally anything. I admire his skills more then pretty much any artist.
I get why its illegal but I thunk this is the peak of artistry.
Peak of aristry is originality
I am a retired art forger!!!!!
Lmao
@@jonasjorgensen8759 you do not understand art.
What a wonderful storyteller this man is
What a classic dude. Started right from the bottom level 0, made his way into the world. Classic.
look people don’t understand what its like an urge to do something exactly how someone did.
that too art
this guy is pure genius
This was great fun to watch. I used to be a fan of the Art forger Tom Keating when I was a kid .he was a very different type of man but had the same talent. . I love fakers of any kind they show up the pretentions of the know-it-alls. I do hope this guy writes his autobiography. That old world of London characters fascinates me.
hi max saying hello I worked with Tom keating in 1967 met in club Row then met Sammy fantastic days. book out max brandrett Britain's number one art forger. god bless max
This man is an Artist.
If you liked this little snippet... Max's biography tells it all.... 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' currently rated 4.7* on Amazon! 🙂
A film of this guy's life would be spectacular
I agree. Max's biography 'BRITAIN'S No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER' is out now!
@@anthonyvalentine4009 cheers thank you
i like this mans honesty they should make a movie on his life
Michelangelo was a "forger" but priest was so impressed he ask prisoned Michelangelo to paint for church.
Rest is history.
'If any you want a Banksy on ya front door I'll do I half price' 🤣 what a legend
Hollywood should hire this guy to make reproductions of masterpieces for films.
No need for that, they have photo printers... Just paste it to a canvas and you can't tell in a movie.
Max’s paintings are better than the originals. Too bad he didn’t just draw inspiration from other artists. He would be world famous.
Max had nothing and had to feed himself... and he learnt forgeries paid way more than originals.... a shame but true.
Wonderful tales from Max's life are in his biography... BRITAIN's No1 ART FORGER - THE LIFE OF A CHEEKY FAKER (4.83 stars on Goodreads and 4.6 stars on Amazon).
Truly an old-world villain...
All painting artists steal from each other. They copy ideas and use in their own works. This happens every day in the world of Pop Art. Even Picasso did. So this charming character hasn’t done anything wrong. And gladly he doesn’t regret a thing. Wonderful. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊
Well copying art is definitely not a crime, but claiming then/selling copy as original is considered crime.