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[[Image:Hals Self Portrait.jpg|150px|right]]
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'''Frans Hals''' (ca. Antwerp 1580- Haarlem 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.