For the football player of the same name see Tom Keating (American football)

Tom Keating (American football)

For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating.For the priest and author of the same name see Thomas Keating.Thomas Arthur Keating is a retired American collegiate and Professional Football player...

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For the priest and author of the same name see Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating

For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating.For the American football player of the same name, see Tom Keating .Fr...

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Thomas Patrick Keating (March 1, 1917 - February 12, 1984) was an art restorer

Art restoration

Art restoration is related to art conservation. Restoration is a process that attempts to return the work of art to some previous state that the restorer imagines was the "original". This was commonly done in the past...

 and famous art faker

Art forgery

Art forgery is the creation of works of art which are falsely attributed to other, usually more famous, artists. Art forgery can be extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analysis techniques have made the identification of forged artwork much simpler....

 who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 different artists.

Keating was born in Lewisham

Lewisham

Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...

, London, into a poor family. After World War II he began to restore paintings for a living, though he also worked as a house painter to make ends meet.