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From the author of A Dangerous Duet comes the next book in her Victorian mystery series, this time following a daring female painter and the Scotland Yard detective who is investigating her brother's suspicious death. A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London's art world to learn the truth behind her brother's murder... Edwin is dead. That's what Inspector Matthew Hallam of Scotland Yard tells Annabel Rowe when she discovers him...
22) The last Vermeer
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A captivating dramatic thriller set just after WWII, an all but forgotten true story about a soldier, Joseph Piller, investigating renowned Dutch artist Han van Meegeren who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis. Despite increasing evidence, Piller becomes more and more convinced of Han's innocence and finds himself in the improbable position of fighting to save the life of the colorful man with a mysterious past." --
23) Orley Farm
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English
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Lengthy novel of family life, a drama of guilt and shame based on the forged codicil to a will.
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English
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"Sarah is a nineteen-year-old Jewish artist living in Paris at the outset of World War II. Her gift for forgery makes leads her to Marseille, where she joins a secret network dedicated to saving political refugees, writers, and artists from arrest by Hitler's Gestapo. Will passion and cunning be enough to keep them all alive?"--
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English
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"Stalin's Russia, 1950. Brilliant young artist Pasha Kalmenov is arrested and sent without trial to a forced-labor camp in the Arctic gulag. This is a camp like no other. Although conditions are harsh and degrading, the prisoners are not to be worked to death in a coal mine or on a construction project. Their task is to forge the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. There is a high price to be paid for failing to reach the required standard of perfection;...
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Criterion collection ; 288
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career - the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. This edition includes many special features.
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Publisher
Harvill
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A Swedish satire on the world of art featuring a painting called The Madonna with the Dagger. All kinds of people fight to lay their hands on it--art dealer, forger, tax inspector--yet it is not even certain that the work is authentic. And if it were, is it worth so much fuss and money? By the author of Light.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera, Detective Inspector Meredith is sent speeding southwards--out of the London murk to the warmth and glitter of the Mediterranean. Along with Inspector Blampignon--an amiable policeman from Nice--Meredith must trace the whereabouts of Chalky Cobbett, crook and forger. Soon their interest centres on the Villa Paloma, the residence of Nesta Hedderwick, an eccentric Englishwoman,...
35) Art and craft
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It follows the story of Mark Landis, one of the most prolific art forgers in U.S. history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods. While the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn't in it for money. Posing as a philanthropic donor, Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States.
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Publisher
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this richly illustrated biography, the author follows in the footsteps of Richard Brunton, a British grenadier who fought in the American Revolution before deserting in 1779. A trained engraver and diesinker, his primitive but charming works include some of the earliest pre-printed family registers in America. Despite his many talents and efforts, he was never able to make an honest living from his craft. Instead, he spent years living on the...
37) Comic con artist
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Frank and Joe Hardy work undercover at a comic book convention to find a forger.
39) The Moderns
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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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"A struggling American painter living in Paris in the 1920s becomes involved in a plot to forge three paintings-- this leads to run-ins with a cold-blooded businessman who happens to be married to his ex-wife." --
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