BIO

The artist considered to be the world’s greatest “forger” of pictorial art was born in France (Paris ) in 1939. He is a wholehearted admirer of the land that he considers to be his adopted country and, after having lived in the United States of America for over thirty years (Los Angeles, New York, Miami ), he opted to acquire American citizenship and obtained his passport in 1998.
At the age of 17, he enrolled at the Academie Julian where Matisse and Bonnard, amongst other famous artists, had studied long before him. He spent 4 years there. Soon afterwards, he decided to visit a certain number of European countries, and Italy in particular, where he studied the great masters and devoted his time to studying and learning their pictorial techniques.
“I spent days in the most important Italian, French, Dutch and Russians museums. I studied hundreds of paintings, searching for the minutest details that would allow me to gain a better understanding of each master’s ‘construction’. I studied them voraciously, year after year: the glazes of Leonardo Da Vinci, the impressionists’ and Van Gogh’s impastos became familiar to me to the point of becoming automatic reflexes. With all due modesty, I genuinely believe that I am the only painter today whose knowledge spans 500 years of experience, beginning from the Renaissance, as goes without saying.”
A voracious reader, Harvey’s own library contains approximately 2,000 books representing 500 years of work in art, art history, technique and more.
Harvey’s “in the style of” career began in 1970 when his second wife’s godfather, a wealthy Palm Beach businessman, went to visit them in Paris in search of original works by Picasso, Chagall, and Monet. After a fruitless quest, he went home and Harvey went to work creating his own Monet and his own Renoir, which were promptly purchased by this Florida contact.
“He ordered 40 more” Harvey says. “ I knew I was on my way, but I also knew that it was just the first of many steps towards my own Sistine Chapel.” 
“Naturally, after forty years of professional experience I have developed my own personal style. Every 2 years I present my new works  in an art gallery of my choice. However, several times a year, I feel a deep-seated need to create works in the style of one or other of my fellow artists from the past. For a number of hours Harvey no longer exists; I become Picasso, Matisse or Van Gogh... I invent a work. I only copy the technique and style.”

Some of my Collectors
Charles Aznavour, Daniel Azoulay, George Barry, Richard Burton, Samy Cahn, President Jacques Chirac, James Coburn, Alain Delon, Black Edwards, Doddy al Fayed, S.A.S.Fuad (Saudi Arabia), Gary Grand, Johnny Hallyday, Adnan Kashogghi, Gene Kelly, Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Grace of Monaco, Yves Montand, Garry Morton and Lucile Ball, Tony Murray, Spirou Niarchos, Aristotle Onassis, Robert Pascal, Jorge Perez, Line Renaud, Harold Robbins, Wayne Rogers, Diana Ross, Sebastien Roussel, Dany Softer, Walter Standiger, Jacqueline Stone, Liz Taylor, Leonard Toboroff, Roger Vadim, Sylvie Vartan, Gerard De Villiers, Jerry Weintraub, Bruce Willis, Richard D. Zanuck...

Here are a few examples that have appeared in the international press:
“Genius of forgery Jacques Harvey is a chameleon of the paintbrush.” (Le matin),“The great and the good collect ‘Harvey’s (Tribune des Arts), “Jacques Harvey...the maestro in the style of...” (Passions International), “Jacques Harvey, the forger without a mask, whose painting are snatched up throughout the world.” (Tele 7 jours), “The millionaires’ favorite forger.” (Paris Match), “Jacques Harvey is one of the top forgers in the world...” (Art Gallery International), “The quality of Harvey’s recreations is first rate...” (Sun Post), “The royalty of Hollywood and Europe say Jacques’s a master at faking the greats...” (People Weekly), “Harvey, the master of genuine fakes is a painter of genius...” (Jour de France), “The considerable talents of a Frenchman named Jacques Harvey” (Roderick Mann, Los Angeles Times), “A genius” (The Australian), “Jacques Harvey, a reproduction master known as ‘the king of fakes’.” ( Florida International Magazine), “Dazzled by Jacques Harvey’s canvas” (France Dimanche), “Genuine fakes of consummate beauty” (Marie Claire) Etc.Etc.
In total 500 press articles throughout the world.
Television:
CNN, ABC News, TF1, Antenne 2, RAI Etc.

Exhibits of the last 10 years
Haiti Habitation Leclerc 1999,Tahiti Beach, St-Tropez 2000-2004, A.C.Art Gallery, Los Angeles 2001,
Romana, St-Tropez 2001, La Piaggia, Miami Beach 2001-2006, Gallery 7, Paris France 2002, Romana, St-Tropez 2003, La Bastide Pascal 2003, International Museum of art, Atlanta Georgia 2004,
Trump Gallery, New York 2005,La Voile Rouge, St-Tropez France 2005-2008, Gallery 7, Paris France 2006, Art Gallery Baron, Moscow Russia 2007, Jacques Harvey Gallery St-Tropez France 2007, Romana St-Tropez France 2008, Jacques Harvey Gallery, Paris France 2009, Gallery Barbizon, France 2009, Gallery Rive Gauche, Paris France 2010, Marrakech Art Gallery 2010-2011, St-Tropez Art Gallery, France 2011