Frans Hals Museum

Profil

The Frans Hals Museum boasts the largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals in the world. In addition to paintings by Hals, the museum has work by his predecessors and his contemporaries. Furniture, ceramics, glass and silver are also on display.

The earliest paintings date from the 16th century. They are primarily biblical depictions. Around 1590 Haarlem became the middle point of a new style, Mannerism. Typical of this style are masterfully painted figures in contorted poses.

In the 17th century, Haarlem was a powerful and prosperous city and a centre of art and culture. The painters of the Golden Age concentrated on everyday subjects: landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, still lifes and city views.

Frans Hals
Frans Hals, the most famous Haarlem painter of the Golden Age, specialised in portraits. He painted in a very assured and deft style. The Frans Hals Museum owns five large civic guard pieces by him.

Künstler der Galerie bzw der Sammlung

Armando     Nicolaes Berchem     Koos Breukel     Jan Bruegel der Jüngere     Jeroen Eisinga     Tracey Emin     Nan Goldin     Frans Hals     Jitka Hanzlová     Tom Hunter     Henri Le Fauconnier     Sarah Lucas     Lucebert     Paul McCarthy     Hellen van Meene     Hans Memling     Boris Mikhailov     Piet Mondrian

Jan Mostaert     Arno Nollen     Frans Post     Julika Rudelius     Shirana Shahbazi     Jan Steen     Juergen Teller     Gerard ter Borch     Jan Toorop     Jan van Goyen     Jacob van Ruisdael     Salomon van Ruysdael     Jan van Scorel     Roy Villevoye     Barbara Visser