The man who is credited with creating some of the most beautiful and happy portraits of all time is Frans Hals. A painter of ...

Frans Hals’s The Fisherboy (1638) and Young Woman (La Bohémienne) (around 1632) in Frans Hals, National Gallery, London Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp and Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo ...

The Netherlands is a land of art and museums. From the Frans Hals and Van Gogh Museums to the Rembrandt House, visitors come each year to admire their genius.. But how many of us ever pause to ask ...

Zachary Fine writes about the powerful art work of the Dutch artist Frans Hals, which is currently on view at the National Gallery in London. ... the deranged woman with an owl on her shoulder.

With Jimi Hendrix paintings, wall murals and even biscuit tins inspired by it, the 1624 painting The Laughing Cavalier still reverberates today, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee.

Frans Hals’s “The Lute Player” (1623-4). Some of Hals’s most popular paintings depict characters he encountered in the taverns of Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Women wear their hair covered. Jewellery is minimal. ... (which he eventually achieved in part with a selection of paintings). The Merry Lute Player Frans Hals, 1624-8 (Picture: ...

The exhibition “Frans Hals: King of the Fleeting Moment” is coming to an end at the Berlin Art Gallery – the largest exhibition of the Dutch master in history and the central event of the year. Among ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A pair of paintings by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals that possibly depict his own children are returning to the Netherlands after more than ...

With Jimi Hendrix paintings, wall murals and even biscuit tins inspired by it, the 1624 painting The Laughing Cavalier still reverberates today, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee.