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date= August 2010<br/>[[File:Fernand Legros.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of Legros]]<br/>'''Fernand Legros''' (IPA-fr; 26 January 1931 – 7 April 1983) was an art dealer who for over a decade, from the middle 1950s until the late 1960s, sold the forged artworks of Elmyr de Hory, an artist and "the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time" (taken from the title of Clifford Irving's biography of de Hory, "Fake!", published in 1969).<br/><br/>==Biography==<br/>Legros was born in [[Ismaïlia]] in the [[Kingdom of Egypt]]. He first wished to be a [[ballet]] dancer. After [[World War II]] he moved from [[Cairo]] to [[Paris]]. He married an American woman, possibly as a way of gaining US citizenship; Legros was [[homosexual]].<br/><br/>Legros met [[Elmyr de Hory]], according to Irving, at a party given by de Hory in 1955 in New York City. Legros was introduced to de Hory by a mutual acquaintance, Dr. Josue Corcos.<ref>Irving, Clifford. "Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time", pg 96.</ref><br/><br/>Legros and de Hory's partnership began in earnest in Florida. Elmyr de Hory intended to live and work in Florida, as he had in previous years, and de Hory was persuaded to allow Legros to accompany him when de Hory left New York. In de Hory's words: "And then a week or so later we left New York together, in the Cadillac, for Florida. That was the beginning of everything."<ref>Irving, Clifford. "Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time", pg 103.</ref><br/><br/>While in Florida, de Hory met a French-Canadian teenager, Real Lessard.<ref>Irving, Clifford. "Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time", pg 107.</ref> When Lessard was introduced to Legros, a relationship began which was both business and personal. It was often tumultuous. Over the next thirteen years, Elmyr de Hory produced artworks which were then sold by Legros and Lessard all over the world. While Legros and Lessard became wealthy, they kept de Hory on a small allowance to induce him to continue working. Eventually Legros built a house for de Hory on the island of Ibiza. "It was then, for the first time, that Elmyr began to suspect that his partners were becoming rich."<ref>Irving, Clifford. "Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time", pg 167.</ref> Elmyr himself never accumulated capital nor ever became financially independent. <br/><br/>Legros fooled a large number of US collectors, including [[Algur H. Meadows]] of [[General American Oil Company]]. Eventually however his frauds were discovered. After a lengthy trial in Paris, Legros was sentenced to four years in prison but was immediately set free, having already spent an equivalent time in various jails.<br/><br/>Legros died of [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]] in [[Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure]].<br/><br/>==In popular culture==<br/><br/>* Fernand Legros was the inspiration for the character Endaddine Akass in the unfinished ''[[Adventures of Tintin]]'' album ''[[Tintin and Alph-Art]].''<br/><br/>== References ==<br/>Reflist<br/><br/>Authority control<br/><br/>DEFAULTSORT:Legros, Fernand<br/>[[Category:Art forgers]]<br/>[[Category:American art dealers]]<br/>[[Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer]]<br/>[[Category:Egyptian emigrants to the United States]]<br/>[[Category:20th-century American criminals]]<br/>[[Category:20th-century French criminals]]<br/>[[Category:LGBT people from France]]<br/>[[Category:1931 births]]<br/>[[Category:1983 deaths]]<br/>

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