Coverbild Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Master of the Fleeting Moment
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Autor*in: Jaap van der Veen, Friso Lammertse, Bart Cornelis, Erik Eising, Dagmar Hirschfelder, Katja Kleinert, Justus Lange
English
368 Pages, 135 Ills.
Paperback with Flaps
234mm x 281mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5750-8
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Capturing the human in painting
Frans Hals is one of the most important portrait painters of all time. Like Rembrandt, the famous Dutch Baroque master’s striking portraits of the bourgeoisie and social outsiders are distinguished by their extraordinary vividness and accurate depiction. His sketch-like paintings, executed with bold brushstrokes, had a decisive influence on modernist painting. This comprehensive publication coincides with the first major survey exhibition of Hals’ oeuvre in more than thirty years.

FRANS HALS (1582/84–1666) was born in Antwerp, the son of a cloth merchant. In 1610 he was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. Hals created hundreds of genre paintings, individual, and group portraits and enjoyed great public prestige. Despite his fame during his lifetime, it was not until the nineteenth century that he was enthusiastically rediscovered by the Impressionists and Realists.
EXHIBITION
Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
July 12–November 3, 2024
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