Sunday, August 7, 2011

Frans Hals - Party Painter?

Known for his energetic Dutch genre paintings, 17th century painter Frans Hals depicted bawdy tavern scenes with a combination of loose brush stokes and economy of detail. The effect is fresh and lively.

The Metropolitan Museum in New York is currently exhibiting a small collection of his work, and you can read more about it here.

Yonker Ramp and his Sweetheart1623
Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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