{"id":2457,"date":"2020-06-16T07:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T23:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2020-06-18T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:07:45","slug":"musings-with-a-master-forger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/musings-with-a-master-forger\/","title":{"rendered":"A Talk with John Myatt &#8211; A Formerly Master Forger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have never met a criminal before, let alone engaging in a conversation with one. But John Myatt, the man behind what Scotland Yard called \u201cthe biggest art fraud of the 20th century\u201d is charming and likeable.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Together with John Drewe, Myatt was behind bars for selling more than 200 forgeries of famous 19th and 20th-century painters such as Monet, Picasso and Braque between 1986 and 1994. After his release, the arresting officer commissioned him to paint his family portrait and convinced him to return to his easel. Not long after that, he was making a legitimate living from his art.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting comfortably in the grand living room in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elitehavens.com\/pandawa-cliff-estate-pala-villa\/the-bukit-bali-indonesia.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pala of Pandawa Cliff Estate<\/a><\/strong>, we chatted.<\/p>\n<p>One man\u2019s interest in painting brought John Myatt to the island of the Gods. \u201cAnthony\u2019s (one of Pandawa Cliff Estate\u2019s founder) son Hanson wanted a professional art teacher. Anthony told Hanson it would be great if he can go out and find someone,\u201d said John. Like what most youngsters do to find inspiration, Hanson found John on the largest global video-sharing website, YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-13814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%273576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger-889x500.jpg 889w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Musings-With-A-Master-Forger.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hanson and Clarisha, his fianc\u00e9 (now wife), took the private tuition and are aspiring artists &#8211; each with very distinguished styles. In describing his only two students in Bali, John said, \u201cHanson is very intuitive while Clarisha is very visual. Both of them are very eager to learn and have the right attitude.\u201d John was also more focused on developing them as artists, rather than trying to stick another layer on what they already do.<\/p>\n<p>The day before our chat, John ventured to Ubud and visited<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armabali.com\/museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ARMA (Agung Rai Museum Art)<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cAgung Rai was in the garden, talking to us. We had a superb chat. I don\u2019t know how he managed to do what he has done. I thought his work was stunning. Absolutely stunning. The details of the paintings are phenomenal and they just blew me away. Anthony actually bought some of his works from ARMA for the villa,\u201d said John. He fixed his eyes at a pair of Balinese paintings which were hanging on the white walls behind us.<\/p>\n<p>Not limited to those paintings only, just before entering the living room, guests will find an art gallery\/hallway where Hanson\u2019s painting creations are displayed &#8211; a reflection of the family\u2019s passion for art.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13816\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13816\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-13816 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-1024x576.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%273576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-889x500.jpg 889w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pandawa-Cliff-Estate-The-Pala-Hallway-art-e1592273965898.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanson&#8217;s Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat would you be if you were not a painter?\u201d I asked. John replied in a heartbeat, \u201dA musician. I play the piano. I used to be in the music industry. Back in 1979, I co-wrote a song which topped the music chart. It is called \u2018Silly Games\u2019. But it is very much a young man\u2019s business. When you go pass 35 it just gets too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also runs teaching courses at Cambridge University and spent five years working with Sky Arts, an art-oriented television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts. John does more than teaching his students how to paint. He motivates, provides constructive feedback and most importantly, encourages them to be confident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, confidence is very important. You have to be brave and experiment, to show your paintings and to be criticised. Not everyone is going to like your paintings, but you have to be fine with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I admire this man. John Myatt might be famous for his \u2018genuine fakes\u2019. But one thing is for sure, his talents are genuine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by : Iain Smith and Chris Leggett<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never met a criminal before, let alone engaging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[367,611],"tags":[110,12,202,428],"class_list":["post-2457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-places-to-stay","tag-art","tag-bali","tag-interviews","tag-people"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Talk with John Myatt - A Formerly Master Forger &#8226; Elite Havens MAGAZINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Talk with John Myatt - A Formerly Master Forger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have never met a criminal before, let alone engaging [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/musings-with-a-master-forger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Elite Havens MAGAZINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-15T23:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-18T08:07:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8289-e1592279380482.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1439\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"809\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elite Havens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elite Havens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\\\/musings-with-a-master-forger\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\\\/musings-with-a-master-forger\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elite Havens\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine-proxy.elitehavens.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/685e766e1fee05ed4158e64b2e2fad5f\"},\"headline\":\"A Talk with John Myatt &#8211; 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