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With over 47 years engaged with investigating the legitimacy of fine art internationally, Freemanart have been serving and advising both private individuals and collectors, alongside an ever growing and impressive number of important corporate clients from around the world. Confidentially representing them in matters regarding authenticity, legitimacy and the attribution of fine art.
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Our corporate clients include many prominent law firms and law enforcement agencies requiring specialized assistance in conducting practical investigations into both legitimacy and ongoing art fraud investigations, usually aligned to prosecutions Often brought about from both from civil and criminal perspectives. That list of corporate clientele, range in diversity from insurers to art dealers and from major and municipal galleries, banks, insurers to principal and regional auctioneers, with our distinguished private clients coming from all walks of life. Just ordinary people as well as serious art investors alike. Proudly our prestigious portfolio of private clients now includes four Royal Households and a President Emeritus alonngside Government officials and dignitaries, prominent art collectors and investors. With many clients from the world of film and television, sport, music, entertainment and politics counted amongst them. All have turned to us for help and advice when it comes to questions of authenticity requiring consolidation, expert in depth research, artist attributions and all importantly, provenance verification.
Imperative to us is upholding our strict Privacy Policy, with client anonymity, confidentiality and security upheld at all times. Some of our Corporate clients may be seen <HERE> and for an idea of our current and recent investigation cycle, Click < HERE>
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Freemanart with its roots back in the early 1970's as Fine Art Services, is headed by the eminent British Art Historian, successful fine art investigator, writer and broadcaster David Freeman. He is an international fine art consultant, advisor and an academic with well over four and a half decades of professional experience in the world of fine art to share with his clients. Six years formal training in both practical fine art and the history of art, began the successful career path he chose. Now internationally recognized and active as an art investigator and heading a formidable team of art historians, forensic scientists and expert researchers, Freemanaret offer a specialized range of services to both the public and corporate sector alike. David is an expert directing the multiple tasks and measures required with the substantiation of authenticity and attribution internationally .
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He is an author writing extensively on his subject specialisms and has lectured internationally on the subject of art fraud and the detection of forgery including Old and Modern master art authentication and attribution issues. As a specialist advisor to the film and television industry on both sides of the Atlantic, including the crime series CSI, Hustle and Flog it, along with many others, he has been key note speaker at international conferences and guest lecturer at universities internationally. David has written, presented and appeared in television documentaries and series, including the recent RTE programme a Rich Inheritance, filmed on location in Eire following his fine art investigation work into the Irish artist Roderic O'Conor.
Widely regarded as an expert in the art of both Old and Modern European masters, his personal specialisms include the art of J M W Turner, and British artists. He is a noted expert on Paul Gauguin and the Impressionists. He shares a special interest in the Italian Renaissance, Old Masters and Florentine art, including Italian panel paintings and Altarpieces with his son, also an expert art historian, investigator and fine art researcher based i9n the UK . |
Works include; Compiling and editing the Gauguin Index. The Catalogue Raissone of Frank Spenlove-Spenlove - Les Œuvres complètes. The Complete Works of James Wills - 1705 - 1776 An Inventory of the works of Conyers Barker. Chronological Classification of the works of Amos Cassioli When Paths Cross at Fontainbleau, sur l'artiste Charles. Jean Georget Author of over 60 Artist Biographies and Biographics The Magic of the Secondary Signatures. Beyond Wildenstein A three volume historical novel, the Oakum Gate. Snow like Origami. A Widows Walk. Series: Secret Britain, Trash or Treasures, Gathering Dust and Treasures that Talk. The Art Detectives. Including A Titian, a Titian we all fall down- POLICING PICASSO - Fantin de l'opéra - Hello Dalí and Miró, Miró on the wall.
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THE TEAM We are indebted to all the fine people - including the Academics - Forensic scientists - Scholars & Subjective Experts around the world who continually assist us in our clients authenticity and attribution investigation projects. |
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Anna Administration - |
Jacqueline Director of Research for Freemanart International. Providing specialist skills as our forensic imaging expert. |
Maureen Antiquarian Consultant and an expert authority, senior consultant of antiques and art.
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Henry Senior Consultant. A British expert in ceramics, pottery and porcelain. Specialises in British, European, Canadian & American Art and Antiques, Collectibles and antique furniture. |
Graham Eminent Senior Consultant, Forensic Art and Document Examiner. Handwriting and signature analyst. |
John Senior Consultant. Gemologist and jewellery & virtue expert. |
Morana: Painting Conservator - Expert in fine art restoration and associated technological conservation services. |
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Mathew Specialist in Old Master and Renaissance Art research and investigation, with a special interest in early works on paper, ancient twritings and historical documents.
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Marshall We are indebted to our associate who is a leading Canadian art and antiques expert with a personal specialization in ceramics, collectibles and general art and antiques.. |
Institutions
Commission for Looted Art Interpol COPACEL Confederation of Pulp, Paper, Board and Industry LAPADA PIRA CASVA - Centre for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Art Loss Register BAMF - The British Art Market Confederation Courtauld Institute The Watermark Archive Inst. of Conservation Conway and Witt Lib. British Art Library Special Collections AFed.UK Confederation of European Paper Industries International Council of Museums Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945 Restitution-Art
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OLD MASTER ART | EUROPEAN ART AUTHENTICATION
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GERMAN ART AUTHENTICATION
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ALTARPIECE & PANEL PAINTINGS | IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART | ||
BRITISH ART AUTHENTICATION | FRENCH ART AUTHENTICATION | ||
WEST COUNTRY & DEVON ART | CORNISH ART | AMERICAN ART AUTHENTICATION |
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RUSSIAN ART AUTHENTICATION | SPANISH ART | CANADIAN ART AUTHENTICATION |
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HUNGARIAN ART | NORDIC - SCANDINAVIAN ART | IRISH ART AUTHENTICATION |
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