An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master
about 3 months ago (02/06/2024)
An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Book Club blog An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master All you ever wanted to know about Hals, from an 18th-century biography to a 1994 novel of the artist's “lost diaries”—selected by the Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse José da Silva 6 February 2024 Share After Frans Hals, Portrait of Frans Hals (around 1650) • Click here for more reading lists on the world's greatest artists The Dutch Old Master Frans Hals is renowned for capturing the expressions of his sitters, whether the cheeky sideways glance of a lute player or a smirking “cavalier”. But who was the man behind the paintings? A major touring show—which debuted last year in London and will this month open at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam—aims to answer that question with a sweep of the artist’s greatest paintings and an enlightening catalogue.