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'''Frans Hals''' (ca. 1580-1666) Dutch [[Baroque]] painter. The most important Dutch portrait painter.
'''Frans Hals''' (ca. Antwerp 1580- Haarlem 1666) Dutch [[Baroque]] painter. The most important Dutch portrait painter.
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.
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.
Some of his famous works are: ''The Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia Company'' 1616, ''Laughing Cavalier'' 1624, ''Gipsy Girl'' 1628-30 and ''Officers and Sergeants of the St. Hadrian Civic Guard'' 1633.
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<Gallery>
<Gallery>
Image:Hals Malle Babbe.jpg|"Malle Babbe"
Image:Hals Malle Babbe.jpg|"Malle Babbe"
Image:Hals Laughing Cavalier.jpg|"Laughing Cavalier"
</Gallery>
</Gallery>