Frans Hals
Dutch Golden Age portraitist of Haarlem
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Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter who lived and worked in Haarlem, born in Antwerp around 1582 or 1583.[1][2] His technique utilized visible brushstrokes, a style that later influenced impressionists and realists.[3][4] Wealthy citizens like Pieter van den Broecke and Isaac Massa, who sat for three portraits, were among those whose portraits Hals is most famous for painting.[5]
Quick Facts
- Born
- c. 1582
- Birthplace
- Antwerp, Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
- Died
- 26 August 1666
- Place of death
- Haarlem, Dutch Republic
- Movement
- Dutch Golden Age
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He married his first wife Anneke Harmensdochter around 1610, and their marriage was recorded in city hall because Hals was of Catholic birth.[6] Five of his sons became painters, including Harmen Hals and Frans Hals the Younger.[5] Several times, Hals's creditors brought him to court; in 1652, he liquidated his possessions to pay off a debt owed to a baker.[7] Having become impoverished, the municipality granted Hals an annual pension of 200 florins in 1664.[7]
What the cited sources add
A 2020 review of the exhibition publication "Frans Hals portraits: A family reunion" notes that there are four or five known family portraits by Hals, executed between the 1620s and 1640s.[8] The same review states that Hals's family portraits were not considered 'group' portraiture by Aloïs Riegl, because he defined a family as a closely-knit unit.[8] According to the review, most of Hals's family portraits are set outdoors, with only the Cincinnati portrait featuring drapery.[8] The review further notes that the exhibition publication combines research modes to illuminate Hals's social standing in Haarlem and identify his sitters.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Grijzenhout, "Frans Hals", Amsterdam University Press, 2024, p. 14–30; den Tonkelaar, "Frans Hals", Amsterdam University Press, 2024, p. 194–210; van Roon, "Frans Hals", Amsterdam University Press, 2024, p. 49–64; te Marvelde, "Frans Hals", Amsterdam University Press, 2024, p. 110–129; Atkins, "Frans Hals", Amsterdam University Press, 2024, p. 31–48 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Frans Hals iat the Netherlands Institute for Art History; Liedtke, "Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History", metmuseum.org, August 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schjeldahl, "Haarlem Shuffle: The Fast World of Frans Hals", Condé Nast, 8 August 2011, p. 74–75; Cogniat, "Seventeenth Century Painting", The Viking Press, 1964, p. 26; Schjeldahl, "Haarlem Shuffle: The Fast World of Frans Hals", Condé Nast, 8 August 2011, p. 74–75 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lovis Corinth A Feast of Painting, p17, Prestel, Vienna, 2009 . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Anneke Harmensdr in Nieuwe gegevens betreffende Anneke Harmansdr., de eerste echtgenote van Frans Hals, by M. Thierry de Bye Dolleman working from research by C; Anneke Harmensdr in Nieuwe gegevens betreffende Anneke Harmansdr., de eerste echtgenote van Frans Hals, by M. Thierry de Bye Dolleman working from research by C; Anneke Harmensdr in Nieuwe gegevens betreffende Anneke Harmansdr., de eerste echtgenote van Frans Hals, by M. Thierry de Bye Dolleman working from research by C; Anneke Harmensdr in Nieuwe gegevens betreffende Anneke Harman en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Frans Hals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Slive, Seymour, Frans Hals, and P. Biesboer (1989). Frans Hals. Munich: Prestel. p. 406.; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- 'Review of: Frans Hals portraits: A family reunion', Oud Holland Reviews, December 2020. Review of exhibition publication.. facts only, no text reused. oudholland.rkd.nl
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