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The Revenge of Han van Meegeren, One of the Great Art Forgers of All Time (2018x36)

Udgivelsesdato: Feb 06, 2018

If you happen to like our videos→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Falling on Grenades: The Indestructible Jacklyn H. Lucas https://youtu.be/FAbQ_XCm3eI?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR Swift Nick Nevison and His Remarkable Dash to Secure an Alibi https://youtu.be/lGWTEIBa-kE?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: Han van Meegeren was born in 1889 and developed an interest in painting at a young age. He wasn’t supported in his dream to become an artist by his father, who forbade van Meegeren’s artistic development, trying to steer his son in the direction of architecture instead. Undeterred, van Meegeren met Bartus Kortelling—a teacher and painter—at his school, and Kortelling later became van Meegeren’s mentor. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/the-revenge-of-han-van-meegeren-one-of-the-great-art-forgers-of-all-time/ Sources: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92483237 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/10/27/081027crbo_books_schjeldahl http://www.essentialvermeer.com/misc/van_meegeren.html http://www.meegeren.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren Image Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Cropped_version_of_Jan_Vermeer_van_Delft_002.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Frans_Hals%2C_De_magere_compagnie.jpg/1280px-Frans_Hals%2C_De_magere_compagnie.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/HanVanMeegerenOct1945.jpg/1024px-HanVanMeegerenOct1945.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/NIMH_-_2011_-_0163_-_Aerial_photograph_of_The_Hague%2C_The_Netherlands_-_1920_-_1940.jpg/1280px-NIMH_-_2011_-_0163_-_Aerial_photograph_of_The_Hague%2C_The_Neth