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Han van Meegeren

1889 - 1947

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Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikʏs ɑnˈtoːnijəs ˈɦɑɱ vɑ ˈmeːɣərə(n)]; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed that he had sold a forged painting to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Van Meegeren attempted to make a career as an artist, but art critics dismissed his work. He decided to prove his talent by forging paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Han van Meegeren is the 202nd most popular painter (down from 182nd in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 59th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Painter.

Han van Meegeren was most famous for his forgery of the painting "The Supper at Emmaus" by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Van Meegeren forged the painting in 1937, and he sold it as an original to a Dutch art dealer for $60,000.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Han van Meegeren ranks 202 out of 2,023. Before him are Pietro da Cortona, Hans Baldung, Agostino Carracci, Niko Pirosmani, Maurice Utrillo, and Johannes Itten. After him are Lucas Cranach the Younger, Eugène Boudin, Thomas Gainsborough, Hendrik Goltzius, Sonia Delaunay, and Francis Picabia.

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Among people born in 1889, Han van Meegeren ranks 24. Before him are Manuel II of Portugal, Claude Rains, Gabriela Mistral, Idris of Libya, Carl von Ossietzky, and Gabriel Marcel. After him are Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, Risto Ryti, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jacob L. Moreno, and Victor Fleming. Among people deceased in 1947, Han van Meegeren ranks 23. Before him are Alfred North Whitehead, Frances Cleveland, Halford Mackinder, Anton Denikin, Ettore Bugatti, and Aung San. After him are Karl Mannheim, Ernst Lubitsch, Nicholas Roerich, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, G. H. Hardy, and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Han van Meegeren ranks 73 out of 1,646. Before him are Hugo de Vries (1848), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Ronald Koeman (1963), and Mark Rutte (1967). After him are Peter Canisius (1521), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Dieric Bouts (1415), Herman Boerhaave (1668), Willebrord Snellius (1580), and Johan de Witt (1625).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Han van Meegeren ranks 11. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), and Pieter de Hooch (1629). After him are Dieric Bouts (1415), Petrus Christus (1410), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Jan van Goyen (1596), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836).

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