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Frans Hals
£33.30
An illuminating study of the singularly gifted Dutch artist Frans Hals, a true revolutionary in the field of portraiture and one of the most sought-after painters of his generation
This beautifully illustrated book offers a fresh scholarly appraisal of Frans Hals, more than 30 years since the last large exhibition devoted to his work. Essays cover all the important aspects of Hals’s oeuvre, including his militia paintings, his spectacular family portraits and his depictions of laughter: he was one of very few artists throughout the history of Western painting who successfully managed to paint people smiling and laughing. The texts also provide an overview of the artist’s life, and examine his extraordinarily virtuoso technique, which involved painting extremely fast straight on to the canvas.
The authors set out to place Hals and his work firmly in the context of his time, employing new previously unpublished archival research and technical findings. For the first time, an overview is given of all the apprentices who worked for Hals. Other themes, such as the design for portrait prints or the humour seen in the works of Frans Hals, have never before been treated separately.
Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(September 30, 2023–January 21, 2024)
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(February 15–June 9, 2024)
This beautifully illustrated book offers a fresh scholarly appraisal of Frans Hals, more than 30 years since the last large exhibition devoted to his work. Essays cover all the important aspects of Hals’s oeuvre, including his militia paintings, his spectacular family portraits and his depictions of laughter: he was one of very few artists throughout the history of Western painting who successfully managed to paint people smiling and laughing. The texts also provide an overview of the artist’s life, and examine his extraordinarily virtuoso technique, which involved painting extremely fast straight on to the canvas.
The authors set out to place Hals and his work firmly in the context of his time, employing new previously unpublished archival research and technical findings. For the first time, an overview is given of all the apprentices who worked for Hals. Other themes, such as the design for portrait prints or the humour seen in the works of Frans Hals, have never before been treated separately.
Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(September 30, 2023–January 21, 2024)
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(February 15–June 9, 2024)
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Additional information
| Publisher | National Gallery Company Ltd (26 Sept. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 244 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1857097122 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1857097122 |
by kathryn moy
If there were more than five stars available I would use it. This is a remarkable exhibition catalogue, with superb reproductions of the paintings, especially the Haarlem guard companies. I have read and reread the catalogue several times. I especially liked the curator Bart Cornelius comment that Frans Hals showed the “aura” of the sitter. How lucky we are to have this exhibition in London. Thank you.
by gavin rowe
Good when I eventually received the book