At the time of Tetro’s arrest, Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner characterized him as “the single largest forger of artworks in America.” Tetro’s first trial for forgery ended in a ...

Tony Tetro, seen here painting in jail, chronicles his life as an art forger—including making the works that ended up hanging in Prince Charles’s collection—in his new memoir Con/Artist: The ...

Give me 20 Miros. I need 10 Dalís.’” Tetro followed in the notorious footsteps of 20th century forger Elmyr de Hory, who he learned about from Clifford Irving's book called “Fake!” “When I read that ...

It was a mistake which ended the lucrative career of Tony Tetro, described after his arrest as ‘the largest forger of artworks in the United States’. Nobody likes a conman.

Even Prince Charles was fooled by art forger Tony Tetro. How? Tony Tetro has forged pieces by Dalí, Caravaggio, and Picasso — and sold them to dealers who didn’t care about authenticity. The feud ...

The American art forger is Tony Tetro, who brags about his 40-year career copying works "by old and contemporary masters in every genre." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

But paintings purportedly by the Modern masters have been quietly returned after Los Angeles artist and convicted forger Tony Tetro said he painted them. They were done “in the style and spirit ...

The paintings were the work of an American, Tony Tetro, the co-author of “Con/Artist.” In the book’s subtitle, Mr. Tetro, who is now in his 70s, calls himself the world’s greatest art forger.

A marketing campaign by Art Series Hotels in Australia, which asked the American forger Tony Tetro to produce nine fake By M.H. Miller • 05/23/12 11:29am ...

Tony Tetro, author of Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger, created works attributed to a number of celebrated artists. Some people might view him as a criminal.

Hachette, $29 (288p) ISBN 978-0-306-82648-1 Tetro, one of the most prolific art forgers of the 20th century, paints his own life story with flair in this cinematic memoir.