My best friend (much older) did the biggest work of art at Notre Dame university in 1966 and didn’t have his name on it, about 10 years ago during its restoration I got a ceremony and and a plaque with the artist’s name on it installed.
A client of mine was an excellent world recognized artist. I met him when he asked me to represent him in an IRS audit. I won the case and settled with no assessment.
He retired and had no income for years, but insisted on filing returns. After a few years the IRS sent him a letter telling him he no longer needed to file taxes. So he stopped filing.
Late in his retirement a university hired him to do a painting and paid him $160,000. They issued a 1099, but he filed no tax return as he had a letter telling him not to file...
I handled that audit and got him out of any tax liability. He has since died so I don’t mind sharing this experience.
One very unique trait this guy had. He was a very quiet humble man. Every time someone complimented his work he would be hard of hearing and asked them what they said. I questioned why he was only hard of hearing when someone complimented his work. He smiled and told me that he heard them the first time, he just liked them to repeat the compliments so he could hear them again!