About Robert Thwaites
Born 2000. Robert Thwaites is a British graphic designer and art forger.
Robert Thwaites is a former graphic designer from the United Kingdom who gave up work due to failing eyesight in the late nineties. He turned to faking Victorian paintings in order to put his son through private school. Without any formal training he sold two paintings including one to an Antiques Roadshow expert. He was caught out while trying to sell a third. He was sentenced to two years in prison on 19 September 2006.
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Who is Robert Thwaites?
British artist convicted of forgery
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Robert Thwaites was born in 2000.
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Robert Thwaites is a graphic designer and art forger.
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Robert Thwaites is British.
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