false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576405m/3359595.jpg 3359595 3 The story 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, making a 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 to write a revelatory new biography of the world's most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook who plied the forger's trade far longer than he ever admitted;a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez also 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 powerful dealers and famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later offered a case study in wartime opportunism as they cashed in on the Nazi occupation. The Man Who Made Vermeers is a long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world. 3398780 book 15 8 2008 The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren total:71|5:16|4:31|3:21|2:3|1:0| 71 273 206 30 5 3 false false Sun Aug 24 15:09:23 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 19:00:38 -0700 2008 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 31 14:30:22 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 07:02:18 -0700 2008
Lopez provides a study not only of van meegeren's vermeers and other fakes, but also the painter's own works, as well as an indepth look at the high...more...]]> 0 2 false false Wed Jun 25 07:31:15 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 10:25:32 -0700 2008
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Further tales of small parts of history that generally the public misses, yet are relevant and intrinsic to ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 07:35:44 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:08:46 -0800 2008 1
One of the strengths of this book is that it actually ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 18:16:51 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 11:06:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 08:38:32 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 18 18:48:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 18:34:54 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 17:53:40 -0800 2009 I was amazed how easy venerated art critics were fooled by this man. I have a book of Vemeer paintings. The ones he was passing as originals wer...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 16:24:10 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 16:29:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 14:17:39 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 06:00:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 30 15:37:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 15:37:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:37:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 05:56:35 -0700 2009
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Lopez's crazily extensive research and documentation, aided by the 1979 publication by Marijke van den Brandhof, clearly reverses van Meegeren's immediate post-war almost-hero status. The fun of the book, though...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:16:37 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:16:37 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 19:53:16 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 11:31:55 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:30:29 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:46:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 06 18:51:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 18:51:44 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:44:56 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:48:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3359595