John Godley Kilbracken (1920–2006)
Autore di Master Art Forger: The Story of Han van Meegeren
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Godley, John Raymond
- Altri nomi
- Godley, John
3rd Baron Kilbracken - Data di nascita
- 1920-10-17
- Data di morte
- 2006-08-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK (birth)
Ireland - Luogo di nascita
- Belgravia, London, England
- Luogo di morte
- Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Carrigallen, County Leitrim, Ireland - Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Balliol College)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
- Relazioni
- Reyne, Penelope Anne (wife)
Heazlewood, Susan Lee (wife) - Breve biografia
- John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken served as a pilot in World War II, earning several medals. He considered the Foreign Service, but became a journalist instead. He moved to Ireland in the 1950s on succeeding to the title and run-down estate. In protest of the actions of the British government, he renounced his British citizenship in the 1970s.
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- 3.8
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- ISBN
- 16
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It is very difficult to believe that anyone would be fooled by these fake Vermeers. There is nothing in the paintings that reminds us of the colour choice, lighting design, composition and anything else we associate with Vermeer. Even anyone who is shown a number of real Vermeers and then shown this one will say: are you sure this one was painted by the same person?
If you look at Van Meegeren's earlier drawings and paintings you can see a clear unique style that is also evident in this work, something the author of this book shows but not links to the quality of the later forged paintings. The most striking feature of Van Meegeren is his inability to paint or draw faces. Anyone he painted looks and feels the same. There are no facial lines, no definition or tone and nothing that makes his faces even stand out amongst each other.
Surprisingly the author of this book has the clear opinion that the forgeries were of high quality when he mentions: "Van Meegeren displayed extraordinary skill on the technical side, even for him, in The Drinkers. The paint structure was more complex than in any other of his forgeries: there were six separate paint layers." From this we can learn that the forgeries were mostly judged on a chemical level and not an aesthetic or paint technical one, something anyone should be able to do without difficulty.
As a historical work describing the life of Van Meegeren this work is excellent. As a demonstration of the quality of the forgeries it is slim at best with mostly chemical details and not paint technical details.… (altro)