Article of Han van Meegren life In 1889 in a small village of Germany, Han van Meegren was born. If their parents, looking at the newborn, had hazarded a guess that his child would become a painter they would have been right, but sadly, not a successful one. When our painter at their early age was trying to make a name by himself he found himself being accused of painting unoriginal work, that had a profound effect on him. For this reason, he decided to rebel against the system that wasn't embracing him and his work by doing exactly what he was accused of. Within the further years, Meegren's new occupation will be to paint forgeries of a reputed well-known painter; Vermeer. There's no doubt that Meegren conned a lot of people out of their money. Meegren's would spend a lot of time a lot of time studying old master's techniques, mixed own paints using old formulas, even used badger hair paintbrushes which were common in the 17th century. Consequently, his fake paintings were nearly perfect, he reached the peak of forgeries makers. However, his career started to go abruptly downhill when he was charged with treason for selling Dutch property to an enemy official. It was when he was facing death penalty that he finally decided to reveal the truth. However, they justice didn't believe him so he was obligated to draw one forgery to prove his innocence, being allowed to spend his remaining lifetime on the darkness of a poky prison cell.