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The man who made Vermeers unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren

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.

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  • "Wei hua jia .yi shu shi jia.fan zui ji tuan he na cui he li ban yan de shi ji pian ju"
  • "Wei hua jia yi shu shi jia fan zui ji tuan he na cui he li ban yan de shi ji pian ju"
  • "Unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren"
  • "偽畫家.藝術史家.犯罪集團和納粹合力搬演的世紀騙局"
  • "偽畫家藝術史家犯罪集團和納粹合力搬演的世紀騙局"

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  • "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 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-a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. 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. 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."
  • "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."@en
  • "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."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "biografier"
  • "Biographie"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"

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  • "Bu cun zai de wei mei er : wei hua jia . yi shu shi jia . fan zui ji tuan he na cui he li ban yan de shi ji pian ju"
  • "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"
  • "Bu cun zai de wei mei er : wei hua jia .yi shu shi jia.fan zui ji tuan he na cui he li ban yan de shi ji pian ju"
  • "The man who made Vermeers : unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren"
  • "不存在的維梅爾 : 偽畫家,藝術史家,犯罪集團和納粹合力搬演的世紀騙局"
  • "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"@en
  • "The man who made Vermeers"
  • "不存在的維梅爾 : 偽畫家.藝術史家.犯罪集團和納粹合力搬演的世紀騙局"
  • "Bu cun zai de wei mei er : wei hua jia ,yi shu shi jia,fan zui ji tuan he na cui he li ban yan de shi ji pian ju"
  • "The man who made Vermeers : unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han Van Meegeren"@en

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