FREEMANART  CONSULTANTS

EXPERT

IN THE FINE ART

OF AUTHENTICATION

  Expert dans l'art de l'authentification

ART  AUTHENTICATION  EXPERTS  - FREEMANART INTERNATIONAL FINE  ART  CONSULTANTS  -   PROVENANCE   INVESTIGATORS  -  ART FRAUD  DETECTION

 Freemanart are world leaders in art authentication technology serving the public for over 39 years in the field of fine art authentication.

We offer expert art appraisals and art valuation services alongside art legitimacy and authentication investigations & forgery detection.

We conduct in depth fine art & provenance research and effect art and antiques valuations and appraisals for international clients worldwide.

 Freemanart are one of the busiest & most accomplished independent art authentication research teams available to the general public, consistently maintaining a leading role as world wide art authentication experts who specialize in confidential art authentication procedures and vigorously maintained secure and confidential art fraud investigations.

 Our global art fraud investigation work, complex art attribution and authentication assignments & fine art appraisals are incredibly varied, highly confidential and often times extremely delicate matters indeed.

Freemanart serve both Private individual collectors & Corporate clients including;

The Legal Profession - Insurance Companies - Auctioneers - Law Enforcement Agencies -  Civic and National Museums & Art Galleries.

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THE  AUTHENTCATION  OF FINE ART - DRAWINGS,  PAINTINGS,  SCULPTURE  &  PRINTS

*What is so important about the authentication of art and the legitimacy of art in the art world?

•  Art authentication identifies any physical contravention of international law and denies the process of art fraud and therefore the success of criminality.

•  Art authentication is a critical measure in maintaining the integrity of art history including its most respected artists and their art.

•  Procedures and investigations into the authentication of art are vital measures in the detection and prosecution of art fraud and forgery & enables society to sustain the ethic of honesty in our culture.

• Art authentication therefore both upholds the social & financial value of art, thus preserving the quality of aesthetics.

  At the Freemanart Consultancy, our fine art authentication investigation work uniquely focuses in the main on the pursuit & investigation of varying levels of art fraud, intricate fine art authentication processes & art authenticity investigations. This is effected by conducting in depth academic research, comparative studies and stylistic analysis, set alongside full forensic investigations  into the authenticity of all antique and modern art, canvas art & oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculptures & fine art prints. This includes limited edition prints and other collectible antiques & antiquities from all eras, all origins & geographical locations for both corporate and private clients world-wide.

 To assist you professionally, we have art experts specifically working on the authentication of the art of Pablo Picasso & Salvador Dali and the authentication of Old Master paintings & drawings right through to modern and contemporary art.

Contact us without obligation.

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ABOUT FORENSIC  ART  INVESTIGATIONS

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 At the Freemanart Consultancy, we effect expert forensic art analysis & investigations into the authenticity & legitimacy of all manner and types of art and art work as well as professionally administrating full provenance and attribution research, archive study and in depth legitimacy investigations internationally

 The Freemanart Consultancy deliver art appraisals of paintings, drawings & prints and sculpture for your personal security, for insurance purposes and for future balanced family distribution.

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 Here at Freemanart, our forensic scientists, art fraud investigators, art and antiques experts and fine art appraisers, work at the cutting edge of Forensic and scientific technology alongside the finest scholars, individual art experts, institutions and authorities in the world.     

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  Freemanart employ mainly non-destructive forensic methodology in the support of the authentication of art including; On site multi spectral imaging.Lab based spectographic & Raman technology examination testing and macroscopic & microscopic analysis.
Science therefore effectively assists us in identifying and dating pigments, inks and artist materials but without any adverse effect on the work of art.

 Freemanart's forensic experts also conduct expert chemical analysis and fibre identification processes which reinforces the investigation procedure in the identification of fake drawings & paintings, signature forgery identification & art & document  fraud.
It's fake documents and COA's which so often back up art fraud and fake works of art, this is why we have forensic handwriting and forensic document analysts also on hand to assist with authentication and identifying fake paintings, drawings, sculptures and other art fraud forgeries.

 The Freemanart Consultancy's unique widespread global presence offers clients quality, confidential authenticity and art authentication services. Freemanart serve the world by operating multi lingually from seven countries including; USA, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, UK and Germany.                                

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OUR  SPECIALISMS  &   EXPERTISE

Our Fine Art expertise and experts specialisms include:

Appraisal and Valuation of Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Prints and Pictures
The Authentication of European Old Master Drawings, Prints & Paintings

The Authentication of Paintings - British, Russian & European - All eras

Paintings & Art Authentication - Canadian & American Art from all eras

Victorian & Edwardian Paintings Authentication Services

Orientalia and Far Eastern Art

Modern & Contemporary Paintings, Art and Sculpture Authentication

The Authentication of French Impressionist & German Expressionist Art

Other expertise: Brancusi: Turner, Corneille, Modigliani, Gris, DUFY

Photographs and Rare Prints from all eras

Limited Edition Prints - Etchings, Engravings, Woodblocks & Lithographs
With in house experts specializing in the authenticity & authentication of works by the

Old Masters to - Pablo Picasso, Gauguin, Mondrian, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Cezanne

Marc Chagall, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camile Corot & the Impressionists.

Monet, Van Gogh, Mondrian, Vuillard, Cortez, Appel, West Country Art, Dutch Art

Our Antiques & antiquities experts expertise and specialisms include:

Appraisal and Valuation of Antiques & Antiquities

Antiquarian Books and rare first edition book appraisals

Authentication & Valuations of Maps and Historical Documents,

British, Continental, Canadian and American  Furniture and the Decorative Arts from all eras.

Valuation of Silver, Virtue, Clocks and Timepieces.

Ceramics, Porcelain, Pottery and Glass
Collectibles, Memorabilia and General Antiques.

Authentication of Sporting and Celebrity autographs.

Sporting Memorabilia and Musical Instrument Valuation & Appraisals.

Thermoluminescence testing

*Kindly note that we DO  NOT operate as a Free Service

Refreshingly and to maintain presentation quality and integrity, this web site

is neither sponsored, nor do we allow any paid advertising on this site.

Please click here to see our   Frequently Asked Questions  for our Fee structure.

Over  the years, some 32,000 individuals world wide have made up our Private and Corporate client base.

That makes Freemanart the busiest independent fine art authentication consultancy there is.

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Acquisition Management, Brokerage  & Confidential Client Representation:

 From all across the world, private collectors turn to the Freemanart Consultancy for advice in advance of their art or collectibles investment purchases. Be it to ensure legitimacy and authenticity, or just to obtain an accurate, independent valuation of a paintings worth , before it's too late!

 For many private clients who wish to maintain anonymity, we represent them at auctions internationally, also negotiating private art brokerage, acquisitions and sale opportunities.

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Before you begin a full scale Art  Authentication Project:

YOU  NEED  A  PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT  OF VIABILITY

Art authentication is not about guesswork and certainly not about wishful opinion.

It is a real world where there is little or no room for conjecture, hypothesis and opinion alone. It is all about reality.

 Most normal human beings are naturally guided here to us on the internet by a dream.  And why not?

It's a dream that what they have  may just be something special after all.  A hope that they are beguiled by. That magical possibility that their work of art may be authentic but they simply don't know if there is any reality in it.

For now, it's just a possibility that what they believe to be true, what they have been told is true or what they want to believe is true, is actually true!

But do remember, with authentication, that dream has to be absolutely proven, just like a case placed before a court of law.

 In court, any case must be proven and adjudged convincingly, won without a shadow of any doubt and proven in many different ways; academically, forensically and in actuality. Like in a court case judgement, all of this has to be 'achievable' before the work can be pronounced absolutely authentic.

 So before you get into the procedures minefield which can evolve with art authentication, a field which may be both financially and emotionally taxing, it is more than wise to be realistic about the issue and have an independent and more importantly, an unbias 'preliminary assessment' conducted of the viability of the piece's authenticity first.

 A pre authentication assessment therefore is a professional assessment which is based upon pure reality. It balances the viability of your work of art and its background together and assesses the possibility, based on our past experience, that the case may be realistically followed through and eventually possibly be proven.

The advice you get will be invaluable and based upon the simple question; Is there any reality in the notion that possibly the work of art could be right? Next: Can we diminish the risks involved at all and finally, do we have any serious chance at all of achieving our objective?

If a project is literally not achievable and not provable, surely it would be sensible to know that up front from the start!

 Such an unbias assessment then allows the client to make a wiser, more considered decision and apply a greater degree of sensibility in taking the leap into a staged, full blown art authentication investigation.

It makes a great deal of sense.

CONTACT US  for that advice.

FAKE  PAINTINGS &  COUNTERFEIT  WORKS

  In our 'About Fakes' section of this extensive web site, we review some of the more interesting cases and investigations into fake and counterfeit art that we have been involved with over the years, identifying one of the most common frauds we see.

 This undoubtedly is the application of fake signatures to reprints, usually offset lithographic variations of etchings and limited edition prints. Again, most of these fakes tend to be purportedly by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall and Joan Miro. They are the most common fakes of type we see in printed form.

 When it comes to questions of art authentication, next in line in the fforgery stakes are added or altered signatures on paintings. Followed in antiques by pirated copies of rare porcelain or glass ware and most definitely - fake celebrity autographs added by another hand or simply auto pen applied.

 Some clients acquire their art through inheritance where perhaps a fraud was effected years ago, but others make their mistakes at land based auctions or have bought artworks through  Ebay on the internet. Whatever the way they come by their pictures, paintings, prints or antiques, people around the world turn to Freemanart for professional help when it comes to art authentication and proving the authenticity of art.

 Freemanart investigate annually the authenticity of literally thousands of purportedly original oil paintings, limited edition prints and drawings, also examining a similar number of "believed to be authentic" Stradivarius and Amati Violins & numbers of VERY questionable Scrimshaw, Gallé, Limoge, Doulton, Chiparus & Tiffany. Add to this list, highly dubious Degas, Renoir & Pissarro paintings, plus lithographs bearing worthless and flowery Certificates of Authenticity. Drawings, etchings and limited edition prints by artists such as Max, Andy Warhol, Picasso & particularly Salvador Dali, Miro & Marc Chagall, you will see that the world faces a serious problem  when it comes to identifying the real from the fakes.

The legitimate from the forgeries.

EBAY PURCHASER$

 Our professional services work load is varied & comprises in the main of private art assessments, valuations and art authentication projects for both private individuals and corporate clients. Though many seriously minded Ebay purchasers now turn to us for pre purchase assessment, opinions of art authenticity and a valuation BEFORE they bid.

A sensible move in the light of the frauds perpetuated in there.

If you require confidential, impartial, and professional advice before you commit to buy on Ebay.

Contact us

Investigations into the Authenticity & Attribution of Old Master Works

Art authentication and authentification issues surrounding old master works of art.

  As fine art consultants, Freemanart have undertaken and conducted many major investigations into Old Master works of art over the years, undertaking serious investigations into authentication issues, matters of legitimacy, incorrect attribution, re attribution and  general authentication, working on major investigations from our bases in the UK, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany Spain and France.

 Naturally our general art authentication studies include both the modernists and the impressionist schools however, there have been many important works by fine Italian, Flemish, French, Spanish & German Old Masters, their pupils, studios and circles.

Our catalogue of completed projects forms an extensive and impressive list:

 Past matters of old, master art authenticity and attribution we have investigated, included serious works of art executed by highly regarded individual artists of the Italian - Venetian and Neopolitan schools alongside Florentine, Genoise and Veronese masters of the Italian school. Other investigations effected by Freemanart include those conducted into the legitimacy of oil paintings believed to be by or previously attributed to, the following old masters. (In no particular order and by prior attributed claim)

A full list of these investigations can be found here: CLICK

We also have a special section dedicated to Old Master Art Authentication Studies and Investigations which is accessible through the navigation bar at the top of this page.

OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

Professional Preliminary Pre Authentication Assessments of Clients Projects

Full Authenticity Investigations Internationally World Wide

Research and Archiving

Forensic Art Analysis

Fine Art Valuations

Personal Acquisition Management & Advice on Fine Art Investments.

The identification & investigation of  fake art and counterfeit works of art.

Acquisition and Asset Management.

Freemanart - Art  Consultants to the TV, Motion Picture, Film and Television Industry.

  Freemanart are factual Art Consultants to the Film & Television industry on both sides of the Atlantic. Providing special services and information support including factual referencing, research and image access, script content analysis and location management to  a large number of production companies internationally.

We provide global authentication services and are advisors to Public Galleries & Museums, Auctioneers, Insurance Companies, the antiques industry & the general public alike.

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Getting help on line

 By conducting expert painting valuations on line, we offer basic art appraisals and can also begin the detailed processes of art authentication services we offer our clients: Insurance valuations, reports, forensic analysis & art assessments.

 Freemanart conduct provenance evaluations & research into oil paintings, pictures, prints and antiques with highly qualified

in-house British, Canadian, American and European Art and Antiques appraisers at hand.

Our international art appraisers assess, authenticate, attribute and value all classifications of Fine Art, Antiques and collectibles, including family heirlooms and historical items.

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WEB DESIGN - FREEMAN ART

Special thanks go to Mathew Freeman for his superlative expertise, creativity and ingenuity in the creation of this web site.

Detailed Services Summary:

 A detailed summary of the services offered by the Freemanart Consultancy and its wide variety of art and antiques authentication procedures follows.

Please navigate the buttons on the left of your screen (above) to learn more on each topic.

 The clients relying on Freemanart, often specifically require the authentication and appraisal of British,  American, Canadian and European Art and Antiques. This level of workload would normally include the investigation, attribution and authentication of oil paintings, the authentication and attribution of water colours, the authentication of acrylic paintings, pictures and prints. We also concentrate on authenticating many different artist’s graphic works and which  includes; etchings, engravings, lithographs, mono prints, serigraphs, silk screen, wood block and limited edition prints.

 Freemanart also employ experts whose area of expertise is in the authentication, valuation and appraisal of ceramics, pottery, figurines and furniture and collectibles.

In relation to three dimensional works and pottery particularly Picasso ceramics, there are a wide variety of authentication issues which currently surround the levels of fake and faux Picasso ceramic works which are available for sale on the market.

At Freemanart, our experts also value and investigate the authenticity of and appraise rare and antique books, bibles and first editions, maps, photographs, authenticate autographs and  drawings in pencil, silver point, pen and ink and charcoal. Coins, medals, stamps, postcards and private collections of all kinds.

Art Fakes and Forgery:

As Art and Antiques appraisers specifically specialising in the field of the authentication of paintings, pictures and antiques, we also aim to identify and investigate both art and document forgery, including fakes and art forgeries of all kinds.

To this end, Freemanart have specialists who specialise in the identification of fake and illegitimate works of art of all kinds and also forged, copied and illegitimate signatures.

Naturally, much of our work load is taken up with the authentication of paintings, but we also authenticate drawings, ceramics, sculpture and limited edition prints too, particularly those attributed to, claiming to be by or after Pablo Ruiz Picasso.

However, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall also account for a large proportion of our authentication schedule and the business of authenticating artwork. Particularly the authentication of artist’s signatures.

Our About Fakes section and archive specifically covers this subject with good examples of fake works by artists such as Picasso and Dali. http://www.artfake.net is also an excellent resource on art fraud, forgery, fakes and illegitimate art for interested parties.

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