The Discerner Magazine The Discerner Art Publication September 2017 - Iss | Page 27

The Discerner David Henty David Henty’s history as an art forger starts, appropriately enough, with a conviction for forgery in the mid-1990s. It was while serving the resulting prison sentence 27 years’ ago that David was inspired to start painting by a rekindled passion for art. Quickly seduced by the technicality of copying and, having honed his craft over 25 years, he is now considered one of the leading copyist painters worldwide. Having mastered the techniques and idiosyncrasies of some of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’ most iconic artists, from Pablo Picasso to Caravaggio. David Henty Art has now been formed in to a thriving business where we are now represented by numerous established galleries around the country, involved in various projects with television and magazines and this year are branching out Stateside! “Dora Maar ‘Blue Robe’”After Pablo Picasso - £10500 Oil on canvas 90 x 70cm Available to view at the Discerner’s Residence in Mayfair “Street Scene” After L.S Lowry - £8500 Oil on canvas 74 x 64cm T: 07487226325 “ Weeping Woman” After Pablo Picasso - £9000 Oil on canvas 77 x 67cm “The Taking of Christ” After Caravaggio - £14500 Oil on canvas 156 x 192cm E: [email protected] W: davidhentyart.co.uk For all enquiries, please contact Lucy or Celine at [email protected] or 020 7491 9925 www.thediscer ne r . c om 27