# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-myatt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:42:00.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-myatt"
name: "John Myatt"
slug: "john-myatt"
description: "John Myatt is a British artist convicted of art forgery who, with John Drewe, perpetrated what has been described as \"the biggest art fraud of the 20th century\". In 1999 he was convicted of conspiracy to defraud and imprisoned for four months. Since his conviction, Myatt has continued to paint in the style of famous artists, selling his works as \"genuine fakes\"."
tagline: "British artist and forger"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1945"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.898706666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnmyatt.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Myatt"
    title: "John Myatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Myatt"
    title: "John Myatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Myatt"
    title: "John Myatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%BA%A5%E7%89%B9"
    title: "約翰·麥特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジョン・マイアット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Майатт, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump