Title: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

Investigated & Written by: Jon S. Dellandrea

Pages: 190

Rate: ✨✨✨✨✨/5 Star

Publisher: Gooselane Editions

Review:

I saw this book on the Nimbus catalogue and I was like “okay that looks educational and interesting. Imma get it” And I enjoyed it, and you should take it from me because don’t usually read non-fiction by choice. Especially the documentary/research report/educational thing. But when the topic captures your interest… well, then my attention span that’s getting shorter can actually pay attention. So enjoy my review of my first non/fiction book from Digitally Lit.

I love art. I love to draw. I would like to illustrate my own book someday. I studied paintings from Canadian artist, like The Group of Seven in school, so I had a bit of an understanding for what kinds of paintings they did. I appreciate art because my dad bought and donated paintings by Canadian artists.

My parents have also taken me to watch movies about art frauds, so it’s a topic that I’m familiar with. I’ve seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris. I visited the Vatican Museum in Rome and the Sistine Chapel. I like art. So this book, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case is a great read, and it helped me to learn more about The Group of Seven and the art fraud case of 1962-64.

I think that the author did an amazing job with the amount of research that was put into this book, and the writing was also very nicely done because it kept me reading and it kept me interested. This book is exactly like what you would get from a movie about art thieves and art fraud. There was even a plot twist at the end—and I really did not see that one coming.

My Uncle Rob has a Group of Seven Painting called, “The Road to Parry Sound,” by Frank Johnston. Sorry, the picture is crooked. I think my uncle was half asleep when he took the picture. LOL

The author, Jon Dellandrea, is an art lover who has a large collection of art, so an antique dealer called him to see if he was interested in buying some more. He went to the antique store and came across a cardboard box with some stuff and a painting inside. He started reading one of the journals inside, and what he found was shocking…

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That will be it for now, I hope you enjoyed this review and that you consider checking out The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case!

Bye!