Frans Hals

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Frans Hals was a prominent Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his lively, expressive portraiture and innovative brushwork.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painter
human
painter
activeIn Haarlem
birthName Frans Hals self-link
burialPlace Grote Kerk, Haarlem
citizenship Dutch Republic
countryOfBirth Habsburg Netherlands
countryOfDeath Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth c. 1582
dateOfDeath 26 August 1666
era 17th century
field visual arts
genre genre painting
group portrait
portrait painting
influenced Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
Édouard Manet
influencedBy Caravaggisti
surface form: Caravaggism

Flemish Baroque
surface form: Flemish painting tradition
knownFor expressive brushwork
lively portraiture
loose painterly technique
memberOf Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
movement Dutch Golden Age
name Frans Hals self-link
nationality Dutch
notableWork Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard
Banquet of the Officers of the St Hadrian Civic Guard
Malle Babbe
Portrait of René Descartes
Regents of the Old Men’s Almshouse
The Laughing Cavalier
The Merry Drinker
numberOfChildren at least 10
occupation painter
placeOfBirth Antwerp
placeOfDeath Haarlem
portraitSpecialization civic guard group portraits
individual bourgeois portraits
militia company portraits
signatureWorkCharacteristic spontaneous, lively characterization of sitters
spouse Anneke Harmensdr
Lysbeth Reyniersdr
style loose brushwork
realism
subjectOf Frans Hals Museum collection
workLocation Haarlem

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Frans Hals birthName Frans Hals self-link
Gallery of Honour exhibitsWorkBy Frans Hals
Old Masters hasNotableExample Frans Hals
Iveagh Bequest hasWorkBy Frans Hals
Jan Steen influencedBy Frans Hals
John Singer Sargent influencedBy Frans Hals
Frans Hals name Frans Hals self-link
Dutch Golden Age notableFigure Frans Hals