'''Frans Hals''' (ca. 1580-1666) Dutch [[Baroque]] painter. The most important Dutch portrait painter.
'''Frans Hals''' (ca. 1580-1666) Dutch [[Baroque]] painter. The most important Dutch portrait painter.
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Like his contemporary [[Spanish]] painter [[Diego Velazquez]], he used colour to structure forms.
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Like his contemporary [[Spanish]] painter [[Diego Velazquez]], he used colour to structure forms. It is in the paintings of his old age that his genius for portraying human character is fully revealed.