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 :. | Gruppenportrat der Regentinnen des Altfrauenhospitzes in Haarlem | Youth with a Skull | Jester with a Lute (mk05) | Young Man Holding a Skull | Portrait of a Young Man | Related Artists: CIGNANI, CarloItalian Baroque Era Painter, 1628-1719
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading master in Bologna during the later decades of the 17th century, commanding a position of authority comparable to that of Carlo Maratti in Rome. He bore the title of Conte, and his biographer Giovan Pietro Zanotti wrote that he 'always worked for glory, not for need'. Zanotti's emphasis on Cignani's 'new manner' refers to the reflective, intimate mood of his art, presaged in the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, and in those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner, which prevailed in the second half of the 17th century, PROCACCINI, Carlo AntonioItalian painter, Lombard school (b. 1555, Bologna, d. 1605, Milano) Wassnezow, Wiktor Michajlowitschpainted Drei Koniginnen des unterirdischen Reiches in 1879
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