Frans Hals
1580-1666
Frans Hals Galleries
In the field of group portraiture his work is equalled only by that of Rembrandt. Hals's portraits, both individual and group, have an immediacy and brilliance that bring his sitters to life in a way previously unknown in the Netherlands. This effect, achieved by strong Baroque designs and the innovative use of loose brushstrokes to depict light on form, was not to the taste of critics in the 18th century and the early 19th, when his work was characterized as lazy and unfinished. However, with the rise of Realism and, later, Impressionism, Hals was hailed as a modern painter before his time. Since then his works have always been popular. Related Paintings of Frans Hals :. | Portrait of a Woman with a Fan | Portrait of a Young Man | Portrait of a Standing Man | Verdonck | Portrait of a woman | Related Artists: THULDEN, Theodor vanFlemish Baroque Era Painter, 1606-1669 John Hermann CarmienckeJohann Hermann Carmiencke or John Hermann Carmiencke (born at Hamburg in 1810; died at Brooklyn, New York on 15 June 1867) was a landscape painter and etcher.
Harriet PowersAfrican-American Textile Artist, 1837-1911
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