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Legal Brief: Noted Painter Convicted of Basing Portrait on a Photo

By David Schonauer   Monday January 26, 2015

A Belgian court has found noted artist Luc Tuymans guilty in a plagiarism case, holding that he based a painting on a photo by photojournalist Katrijn Van Giel, notes DIY Photography. Tuymans has been ordered to stop exhibiting and reproducing his painting and will be fined €500,000 ( about $580,000) …

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