What is Fauxart?
Faux-Art must be distinguished from simple forgery. Forgeries imply "the intent to deceive, usually for financial gain, by proffering an art object as representing something other than what it is. Art forgery has many subdivisions, such as the deliberate imitation offered as an original; a genuine old object that has been altered by partial repainting or reworking to give it greater value; early copies not initially intended to deceive but later passed off as originals; the pastiche made up of original parts that do not go together; and workshop artifacts attributed to the master." Faux-Art, on the other hand, does not pretend to be anything other than what it is: the most precise copies imaginable of original masterpieces. Because Faux-Art is not represented as the masters' originals, it is available to art aficionados for approximately ten thousand times less than both the forgery and the original would be.
"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.