Elmyr de Hory

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Elmyr de Hory
de Hory, c. 1970
Born	Elemér Albert Hoffmann (1906-04-14)April 14, 1906 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	December 11, 1976(1976-12-11) (aged 70) Ibiza, Spain
Occupation(s)	Artist, painter, forger, criminal
Known for	Forgery
Website	myelmyr.net

Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906^{[citation needed]} – December 11, 1976) was a famed Hungarian-born painter and art forger. It is claimed he was responsible for producing over a thousand forgeries that were sold to reputable art galleries all over the world. His activities garnered celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake (1969), and a documentary essay film by Orson Welles, F for Fake (1974).