Franz Hals

Franz Hals was a portraiture painter from the Netherlands during the Baroque period.  Not a whole lot is known about Franz as he did not document any of his life.  It is theorized that he was an apprentice of Carel Van Mander, though his work more closely was inspired by Jacob Jordaens who was a pupil of Peter Paul Rubens.  Hals was different from other painters of his time as he was a very fast painter.  He took to canvas immediately with bright colours and loose strokes that really captured the livelihood of the people he was painting.  His famous painting “Civic Guard of St. George at Harlem,” shows a group of men at dinner.  This painting is much more than just that as every character is engaged in conversation and action, the way he painted the piece brings it to life.  I highly enjoy Franz Hals, I admire the way he captured movement and created excitement and in his work, making his artwork an experience, you can almost feel the energy and emotions from the characters in his paintings.

“The Merry Toper”
Image taken from Brittanica.com
“Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard”
Image taken from artble.com
“Shrovetide Revellers”
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“Theodorus Schrevelius”
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“Two singing boys with a lute and a music book”
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Works Cited

“Frans Hals.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Frans-Hals/images-videos.