Who is Donde & Partner?
Professor Daniele Ermes Donde has become well known throughout Europe and the U.S. for pioneering a new trend in the art market: Faux-Art. His clients range from captains of industry to sports and show business celebrities. By exhibiting his Faux-Art, Donde in 1986 founded an association of master forgers, "Le Musee Imaginaire." Donde, a high-energy go-getter at 51, has received numerous honorary doctorates and professorships over his career. The oft-raised questions regarding Faux-Art include whether it makes sense to use the terms "genuine" and "counterfeit" in association with Faux-Art. Is the reputation of the Faux-Artist limited to a closed circle of connoisseurs, and guaranteed only so long as the Faux-Art remains undetected? Such underlying dilemmas add a touch of titillating controversy to Donde's work, and precisely these sorts of questions invariably surface wherever he exhibits his collections. The Faux-Art of these world-famous paintings certainly deceive convincingly, astonishing even the art experts. All may be purchased at surprisingly reasonable prices at one of Donde's exhibitions, or at Donde's on-line store. A certificate is supplied with each work, and the Faux-Artist's signature can be found on the back of the painting.
"What I'm doing is the result of reflection and the study of the old masters. You must copy and recopy the masters, and it is only after you have passed all the tests of a good copyist that you can reasonably hope to paint a radish from nature." -Degas

Who is Donde & Partner?
Professor Daniele Ermes Donde has become well known throughout Europe as well as the U.S. for pioneering a new trend in the art market: Faux-Art .

What is Faux-Art?
Faux-Art does not pretend to be anything other than what it is: the most precise copies imaginable of original masterpieces.

Notable Faux-Artists
The Masters themselves practiced at copying the artworks of their colleagues to develop their techniques and show respect. The Faux-Artists working under Donde merely carry on this tradition.

How Is Faux-Art Detected?
By mimicking the exact techniques - down to the very brushstroke - used by the masters, Donde's team of Faux-artists creates work nearly impossible to detect by simple observation.