Jasper Breitweiser

Jasper Breitweiser is a known art forger in Wintergreen City, known for participating in the 20XY Wintergreen Museum of Art heist. He is currently in life on parole, serving his sentence as an appraiser of classical artwork.

Biography

Early Years

Born in the coastal area of the city, Jasper got his start in the art scene through a scholarship provided by the city. Making a name for himself, he showed a great interest in copying the masters, regularly creating stylistic copies of masterworks, with a particular taste for dark shadows and harsh contrast. At some point in his scholarship he had assisted in setup of an art exhibit in the Wintergreen Museum - and, noteworthily, had his own masterwork copies displayed for a time on accident, being nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
An unfortunate incident caused him to drop out of his scholarship and go into a deep slump, producing no art and effectively isolating himself from the world in this time, before returning to the Art world under the umbrella of appraisal, getting a keen eye for determining fakes or copies.

Forgery & Arrest

In 20X7, the SoWi Art Gallery had opened to a crowd of 20,000, with a great deal of modern artists displaying their pieces, including some selected works of Jasper Breitweiser, having returned to art a year prior and providing the space with "filler pieces" from his backlog, and allowed him a space backstage during the auction later that night. During this time, he studied the pieces up for auction near his displays and copied them, impulsively switching them out and hiding the original pieces in an unlabeled storage crate behind the stage. Allegedly, this was repeated for three more auctions, before being caught on security footage moving the forged pieces back to the displays. He plead guilty and, after 5 years of imprisonment, was released and put under house arrest, having his sentence adjusted to an equivalent of 15 years of community service due to good behavior. An agreement with court officials allowed him back into the art world in hopes of using his community service time to taking his own forged pieces out of circulation.

Breitweiser False Museum

December 20YX saw the opening of the Breitweiser False Museum, a private gallery of all of the individual pieces found by Jasper that were falsified. Included are portraits, jewelry, forged money, and even a small wing dedicated to his own pieces, with a pane of glass in the middle aisle one can look through to see "Tells" - parts of the paintings that Jasper believes "gave [him] away". Over 200 forged artworks can be seen, alongside over $50,000 in forged bills and 45 pieces of jewelry. The museum is open to the public on the first Thursday of every month, and is often attended by Jasper for guided tours alongside parole officers.

Notes

• Jasper is equipped with an ankle bracelet and an electric shock collar. Allegedly, the collar was his idea.
• It is unknown who Jasper's assistants in the crime were, as he had plead sole guilt in the crime.
• Due to a dental issue from when he was young, he has a false tooth. After the crime, he began to wear a gold cap on it, and keeps it as a marker of his guilt.
• Despite his plea and public service, Jasper claims he has no regret in his part in the crime. He would gladly do it again, if he had better reason to.

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