Han van Meegeren artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Mother and child
Han van Meegeren
Deventer 1889-1947 Amsterdam
1889-1947
Mother and child
pastel on paper 27.5 x 24.3 cm, signed l.r.
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Literature: Frederik H. Kreuger, 'Han van Meegeren, Meestervervalser', Diemen 2004, afb. in kleur pag. 23; Frederik H. Kreuger, 'Han van Meegeren Revisited. His Art & List of Works', Delft 2010, cat.nr. K12.4, afb. in kleur Ac.e.
Han van Meegeren became known for his forgeries of Vermeer in the 1930s and 1940s, which managed to fool even experts. As a result, his own artistic talent has often been overlooked. He produced drawings, watercolours and oils of mainly impressionistic genre scenes, scenes of fashionable life and romanticised Biblical representations, and was also much in demand as a portrait painter.
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