Artnet

Frans Hals Is a Master of the ‘Fleeting Moment.’ Here Are Backstories Behind 5 Seminal Works

Frans Hals is one of art history’s most recognizable names, and painter of some of its most recognizable faces. One characteristic of Hals’ work which has set him apart from his contemporaries and ...
National Review

The Juicy, Joyous Work of Frans Hals

Is the Latin Mass for Freaks? Right: Portrait of a Dutch Family, mid-1630s, Frans Hals. Oil on canvas. (Cincinnati Art Museum) Audio By Carbonatix In his vivid 17th-century portraits, family members ...
Artnet

Critics Rave Over Frans Hals at London’s National Gallery, a Celebration of Laughter and Light

With his creamy brushstrokes and spirited subjects, painter Frans Hals is perhaps the least-well-known of the Dutch Masters, a group that also counts household names Rembrandt and Vermeer. Yet an ...
Newsday

After Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch master Frans Hals gets a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum

AMSTERDAM — In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter's canvas. Frans Hals changed that. “He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major ...
UPI

17th century Frans Hals painting stolen from Dutch museum

Aug. 27 (UPI) --Thieves broke into a museum in Leerdam, Netherlands, and stole a 17th century painting by Dutch master Frans Hals, police said Thursday. The theft happened around 3:30 a.m., Wednesday ...
Newsweek

Suspect Behind Van Gogh, Frans Hals Masterpieces Theft Arrested, Paintings Still Missing

A 58-year-old man was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection to the thefts of two valuable paintings by artists Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals, according to Dutch police. The man's ...