The Art Historical Fantasy of Grand Budapest Hotel

Firstly, Boy with Apple may now be my favorite forgery of all time (with the forgery of the Northern Renaissance style triptych at the Palmer Museum of Art). This is partially everyone was meant to know it was fake--it was made for a movie--but also because it is convincing in its details. The Guardian delicately threw a few examples out there in their article Is The Grand Budapest Hotel's 'Boy with Apple' artwork plausible? See The Gallerist on this as well.

Boy with Apple, Michael Taylor

And this was one among many forgeries, others giving a nod to Gustav Klimt and Caspar David Friedrich as noted by the folks blogging for Sotheby's.

The most notable was Two Lesbians Masturbating, a nod by Rich Pellegrino to Egon Schiele.

Two Lesbians Masturbating, Rich Pellegrino

Portrait of Wally, Egon Schiele

But the movie was a graphic design whirlpool of Eastern European pre-war imagery. The Creative Review looks at many of the painstakingly rendered props in Designing for The Grand Budapest Hotel. And they look at more images of little details like keychains, perfume, etc. at The Warholian.