Chimpanzee Artist: Brassau's Deception

In 1964, a Swedish art gallery displayed four paintings by unknown artist Pierre Brassau. Every single art critic praised the 'avant-garde' work-except one, who said, 'only an ape could have done this'. In fact, it was all a hoax by a journalist, and 'Brassau' was actually a 4-year-old chimpanzee.