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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. Hals evolved a technique that was close to impressionism in its looseness, and he painted with increasing freedom as he grew older. [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/h/hals/frans/biograph.html]

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. Some 250 paintings by Hals still exist, of which almost 200 are portraits.

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. Some 250 paintings by Hals still exist, of which almost 200 are portraits.