Max Sukharev

Revealing Hidden Secrets Max Sukharev

Accuracy in determining the originality and authorship of artworks is critical not only to a well-functioning art market but importantly as a timeless artistic record and snapshot of the interpretation of human pathos at a point in time. Art is a reflection of human emotion and turmoil at that moment the master puts brush to canvas and it is fitting that there is now a method available to identify and confirm art authorship with analytical precision rather than relying solely on subjective and biased interpretation. This book was written by an expert digital imaging forensic art researcher Max Sukharev who has spent over ten years studying, researching and analysing a broad range of artworks and investigated various methods of art authentication whilst in the process of developing and refining his own unique digital imaging forensic technique. In particular from about 2016 the author worked successfully in developing a ground breaking digital imaging forensic method of authentication of paintings and drawings, leading to remarkable discoveries of hidden signatures, signs and fingerprints in the world's most famous paintings including such works as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Salvator Mundi, as well as works by great masters like Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, including modern authors: Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and many others. Authentication of authorship involves many aspects of various disciplines working together, from the broad range of nuclear physics to art history. This book is specifically written for all those whose lives are devoted to or interested in the topic, including museum aficionados, scientists, historians, students, appraisers, lawyers, collectors, lovers of art and those who are simply interested in how famous artworks can now be authenticated by a new objective and irrefutable analytical methodology.