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| Keywords: Woman, Dutch, Flemish, Genre, Portrait, Pretty, Girl, Dress, Breasts, Bosom, Barmaid, Smiling, Brown, Red, Cleavage, Oil, Painting, Happy, Vivacious, Lively, Masters, Dutch, And, Flemish, Genre, Painting, |
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Hals, Frans (ca. 1580-1666)
Frans Hals, painter of the city of Haarlem, was born in Antwerp of Flemish parents who moved to the Dutch city when Hals was a boy. He never left Haarlem and in its museum may be found the greatest collection of his paintings. Hals was a student of Karel van Mander, a Mannerist painter who had visited Italy from 1600 to 1603 and then set up his own workshop. Best known for his portraits of tavern entertainers, soldiers, and other picturesque characters, Hals was the recipient of many private and public commissions for portraits. His early works are loosely composed, bright in colour, and dramatically lit. As he grew older, Hals developed a more serious tone in his work and showed a deep psychological understanding of his subjects. His brushstroke grew tighter and more incisive and his palette gradually darkened, finally becoming quite sombre; greyish, black, or deep brown. In the final years of his life, the monetary troubles that had always plagued Hals became acute. The municipal authorities, most of whom he had immortalized, granted him a small pension and he died as their pensioner. |
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