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Étienne Terrus: the French painter whose museum is full of fakes

An art historian has discovered that 60% of the works at a gallery in the south of France dedicated to the artist are forgeries, which doesn’t paint anyone in a good light
An untitled work by Étienne Terrus from 1890. No, really, it is. Photograph: Alamy

Name: Étienne Terrus.

Age: 64 (when he died in 1922).

Appearance: bearded, heavy-browed, severe.

Occupation: Painter, one of the forerunners of the fauvist movement.

He lapsed into obscurity for a time, but was rediscovered in the late 20th

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