Noun
Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
Source: WordNetCenturies later Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo: 'What a joy it is to see a Frans Hals, how different it is from the paintings – so many of them – where everything is carefully smoothed out in the same manner.' Source: Internet
A primary collection of his work is displayed in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. Source: Internet
As biographer Seymour Slive has pointed out, older stories of Frans Hals abusing his first wife were confused with another Haarlem resident of the same name. Source: Internet
Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 quote: "Of the master's numerous family members only Frans Hals the Younger (1618 1669) is notable, with paintings of cottages and poultry. Source: Internet
Frans Hals painted the company three times. Source: Internet
Frans Hals was a devoted father, and they went on to have eight children. Source: Internet