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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jonathan LopezPublish date:2009-08-01Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780547247847ISBN-10:547247842UPC:9780547247847Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Criminals & Outlaws, HistoryBook Topic:Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)Size:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCQQ6CERB7

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, THE LAST VERMEER, STARRING GUY PEARCE: A revelatory biography of the world's most famous forger--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush--and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.

It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true.

Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives for this long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780547247847ISBN-10:547247842UPC:9780547247847Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Criminals & Outlaws, HistoryBook Topic:Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)Size:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCQQ6CERB7
Lopez, Jonathan: - JONATHAN LOPEZ's writings on art and history appear frequently in Apollo: The International Magazine of Art and Antiques, published in London. The Man Who Made Vermeers grew out of an article that originally appeared in Dutch in De Groene Amsterdammer. Lopez lives with his wife, an art historian and critic, in Manhattan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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