Come to visit the "FRANS HALS - Strokes of genius" at Rijksmuseum. The temporary exhibition will be available from the 16th of February to the 9th of June 2024.
Extraordinarily productive, innovative, entertaining and a little rough around the edges: Frans Hals was one of a handful of painters who defined the 17th century. His distinctive, freewheeling style of painting became so influential that it’s easy to forget that he was its founder. So after thirty years, it’s high time for a new retrospective. Come and admire his finest works at the Rijksmuseum.
A selection of around fifty key works has been made from Frans Hals’ extensive oeuvre. These include works from the Rijksmuseum’s own collection and a number of special loans. These include The Laughing Cavalier from the Wallace Collection in London, a work that normally never travels, as well as Catharina Hooft with her Nurse and Malle Babbe (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin), Family Group in a Landscape (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid) and Fruit and Vegetable Seller (Private Collection Bridgenorth).
Painting by painting, you can see him breaking with convention and gaining in confidence as he finds his own inimitable way.
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