Chad Love Lieberman – Art Thief ?!?!?

Chronic Art — 17 August 2011

I just want to say that, I have to apologize for not knowing that Chad LOVE Lieberman was an art thief. I mean how could one know this? I had seen the artwork in his home. Chad had never claimed to me that all of the art on his site was his. That being said, if it is indeed true that he is stealing art and selling it as his, it is going to be pretty easy to sue him and possibly even worse repercussions are waiting for Chad.

What I would like to know, is how did this become known now? These posts about Chad have been up for some time now, and no comments were ever made about him stealing before. Can someone enlighten me on how this all came about? I am sincerely interested in knowing this. My phone calls and emails to Chad have obviously gone unanswered. He seems to have taken down everything that would lead to him. I do know he was in New York City, the last time I had communication with him.

To all the artists he ripped off, my best goes out to you in doing what you need to do to make your situation right. Whatever that may entail.

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(84) Readers Comments

nobletree
August 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM

What GS said about an artist and his/her work is exactly was I was going to write myself. An artist would have to be suffering from dissociative identity disorder to be able to paint all those different styles on their own.

I understand treez is also a victim here in that he fell for the ruse. Hopefully he has learned now to move with his eyes open and to be more conscientious in his work.
Mari from deviantART
August 19, 2011 at 1:31 PM

It’s my understanding that 80 pieces of art have been confirmed stolen from dA so far. It’s also my understanding that he sold these starting at just over 100 dollars. I was just informed that theft over 100 dollars is a felony. I would like to take this time to congratulate Chad Love Lieberman on his 80 felonies.
Bobbie
August 19, 2011 at 2:23 PM

I was one of the first artists to be notified of the art theft by one of my very astute watchers. At first I thought it was just your average, run-of-the-mill scam, ya know, some sleezy little git in a back corner of the internet selling prints for 20 bucks a pop. Happens all the time.

I suspected other artworks might be stolen so I did some research with Tineye. I spent two hours trying to contact other infringed artists on DA before I began to realize the scope and magnitude of the theft.

I wrote a journal about it, other people began writing journals, it exploded all over the net. That is my understanding of how it began.
OMGW
August 19, 2011 at 3:40 PM

People are trying to get this featured on the Colbert Report:

http://forums.colbertnation.com/?page=ThreadView&thread_id=28276
JMS
August 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM

To anyone who is saying that art4love has been sold to the Chinese: I call bulls*it.

The technical info still points to this Chadlove moron.

I’m not posting it here because I don’t post personal information, but trust me when I tell you it’s pretty damn easy to find the connection.

Anyone who claims it’s been sold to the Chinese is a liar and just doesn’t understand how this whole ‘internet’ thing works.
OMGW
August 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM

@Eyal benstein: Chad, give it up. You aren’t actually intelligent enough to fool any of us.
dan
August 19, 2011 at 5:11 PM

he truly is an art thief:

http://www.deviantart.com/#/d4737e3
Ali Ries
August 19, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Well my artwork was stolen, and I know a lot of the artist’s who had their art stolen. I hope he gets into a ton of trouble over it.
Kudo
August 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM

You could, you know, post his home address that you visited. That would help a lot of folks track him down.
Collin Warren
August 19, 2011 at 8:46 PM

Hey! It’s the guy who can’t resist giving his two cents. Hi, I am an amateur artist, (semi)professional critic (I’s published just only in my own publication, which isn’t released to more than like ten people due to lack of money and interest), amateur acoustician (someone who studies sound as a science and an art), etc. Enough about me… Mr.Love-Lieberman is a thief, two or three artists I know through dA have reported their art stolen by him, as well as many, many, more talking about others who’ve had their art stolen. For once, I’m thankful I’m not that good yet. Plus I have heard he has also targeted two other art sites, and he sounds like the kind of person to buy a piece of art for 10$ and sell it for 300$ (Which while not illegal, is very rude and improper, and on of the main reasons many artists never accrue a profit from their work. ) I doubt he himself makes any art, but if he does, I would like to see it, I’m not particularly judgmental and despite my feelings toward Mr. Love-Lieberman’s actions I still wish to make his acquaintance some day and view any art he actually made. But I really hate it when someone gets rich and famous off someone else’s work (i.e. Shakespeare, the company that makes wire hangers (the inventor never in his life received payment for his invention ), Bill Gates, Viacom and many network television stations.)
Gina
August 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM

He stole from an artist friend of mine. The piece he titled “Tracey Mother of Tea” is actually a piece from Meats Meier.
Gina
August 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Oh yeah, and apparently some magazine did an article on his work and one of the “real artists” called the magazine cause she recognized it as her own.

Not sure if it was print or online mag tho.

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/08/comics-a-m-pop-artist-accused-of-stealing-art-cbg-goes-digital/
jack
August 20, 2011 at 1:56 AM

Where are the lawyers willing to put together a class action lawsuit? Come forth…
Amoryllis
August 20, 2011 at 2:27 AM

They’re up to 160 artists and counting.
Trin Calway
August 20, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Hey – don’t know if you guys are aware of the Internet Wayback machine. You can view sites as they were in the past. http://www.art4love.com is archived from 2000-2009. Then not at all. Which is really weird. Also the last archive in 2009 shows the site redirecting to a sex toys Web site. Not sure what any of that means, but maybe it will help. It’s really strange that the site hasn’t been indexed recently …
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://art4love.com
red
August 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM

Screenshots of Chad’s many lies:

http://redbeancookie.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/chad-love-part-deux/
Lana
August 20, 2011 at 6:13 PM

Kudos to the author for his apology. As for Chad…what a douche.
Briana
August 20, 2011 at 6:15 PM

I found out from alexiuss on deviantart, who had a bunch of her art stolen and who put up this:
http://alexiuss.deviantart.com/#/d4737e3

I’m outraged somebody would claim they deserve money, earned (or stolen) by taking other people’s work. I can’t believe he hasn’t been busted! I hope he gets fined for every cent and then locked up. He’s a scammer by putting his own price on other people’s things. If those artists want to sell what they put so much effort and talent into, they put their own price, and they deserve EVERY penny! If they don’t want to sell it, it’s free for everyone, cause it’s for them to decide! For him to think they don’t own their art anymore and that he’s a “businessman” is outright lying and disrespectful to every artist in history.
Liz
August 20, 2011 at 8:04 PM

At last check, I think it’s up to 180 artists, and one of my friends just got added to the list (just not officially yet) so it may be much higher.
Brittany
August 21, 2011 at 12:18 AM

This scumbag and low-life piece of filth is going down. He had/has no right to sell off the work of other artists and make profit off of every single piece he has heartlessly taken without consent. Karma will hit him hard and I hope he suffers. I’m amazed he’s been able to get away with this for so long. Everyone who supports him is clearly blind and a idiotic fool.
custodes
August 21, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Has anyone tried calling the phone# on art4love.com (cached from google): 1-877-226-LUV4
DA Artist
August 21, 2011 at 11:33 AM

@ Eyal Benstein;

Hi Chad! Using the same IP again I see. Sorry bro but your feeble attempts at defending yourself with schizophrenic alter egos on the same computer didn’t work the first time and won’t work again.

You posted next to the stolen art works and implied they were your works, along with the works up on Art4Love. See you in court.
Ashley
August 21, 2011 at 12:43 PM

I’m one of the artists whose work was being illegally sold on Lieberman’s site.

I had heard about the massive art theft a few days ago, but I didn’t think to look for own work until Anathematixs sent me a note saying that my art was included in the massive art theft. I ended up finding out that 5 of my digital paintings were being sold. Here’s one: http://vixen21.deviantart.com/art/Chad-Lieberman-Art-Theft-254120274

I don’t know how the information started to spread, but he stole from a lot of artists–He was bound to be called out sooner or later.
sade
August 21, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Everybody remember to keep posting at the colbertnation.com thread about this issue. Colbert airs tomorrow night.

http://forums.colbertnation.com/?page=ThreadView&thread_id=28276
Katie
August 22, 2011 at 2:48 AM

It’s the power of the internet. Once the wrong person stumbles upon something, it can domino effect. I myself am still surprised. He’s apparently been doing this for years. Who knows how many artists he’s ripped off. It’s currently at nearly 200.
tomas
August 22, 2011 at 11:45 AM

I already found three of my works at his site. Good he has testicles insurance, he might use it pretty soon, cause he enranged so many people by this… plus the clients must be really dumb if they believed it was handpainted originals, obviously half of the works have photos in it.
red
August 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Chad Love was apparently also stealing from photographers at another site, Art4LoveImages.com:

http://redbeancookie.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/chad-love-lieberman-strikes-again-art4loveimages-com/

Chad claims to have made hundreds of thousands of dollars from this one.
Shadoboxxer
August 24, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Ugh another one… well I’m just glad that we have the net around to find all these people making money off the true artists who work their asses off to sell stuff. I wonder if he follows under the guidelines of a Psychopath.

This pisses me off that people can do this.
Kharlo
August 24, 2011 at 11:28 PM

This guy is the THE definition of a douchenozzle.
red
August 26, 2011 at 2:41 AM

Craig Pravda’s ex has implicated both Craig Pravda and Chad Love Lieberman in the art theft: http://redbeancookie.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/chad-love-lieberman-and-craig-pravda-in-it-together-craigs-ex-speaks-out/
Apple
September 17, 2011 at 8:25 AM

http://alexiuss.deviantart.com/#/d4737e3
Kate
November 24, 2011 at 3:32 PM

What Chad did was despicable but he knew that the artists have no real case because most do not copyright their art so there is no real case. It sucks but that is the reality
Fred
December 17, 2011 at 4:14 PM

Chad Love Liberman’s cell 917 363 6400.
Address –244 East 86th street suit 66 NY NY 10028
Christina G. Smith (Rvaya)
January 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM

He stole from me. Anyone who bought the work should come forward to help the artists show how low this guy really is. That includes you the writer of this article which has admitted to having some of the artwork. Come help the artists and let them be used as solid proof.