Dirck Hals
Illustration — Merry Company, 1635, Mauritshuis • Illustration — Dirck Hals, Merry Company, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1640 Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born in Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. He was somewhat influenced by his elder brother Frans Hals, but painted few portraits.
Also recorded as Dirck Franchoisz Hals · Thierry Hals · Dirk Hals · Dirck Halls
Dirck Hals

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- Born
- 1591 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1656 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Baroque
- Teachers
- Frans Hals
- Known for
- An outdoor party · The Fête champêtre
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Merry Company, 1635, Mauritshuis • Illustration — Dirck Hals, Merry Company, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1640 Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born in Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. He was somewhat influenced by his elder brother Frans Hals, but painted few portraits.
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Biography
Biography
Training under Frans Hals is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem and Leiden. Works named in the authority record are An outdoor party and The Fête champêtre. Work by Dirck Hals is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Nationalmuseum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
According to Houbraken he was the brother of the painter Frans Hals and was specialized in small paintings of "conversation pieces" or "merry companies" (Dutch: Gezelschapjes), scenes of small groups drinking and enjoying themselves. The Haarlem writer Samuel Ampzing mentions both brothers in his Praise of Haarlem with a poem stating that both brothers were exceptional; Frans painting his portraits "awake", and Dirck painting his figures "purely". According to the RKD he worked in Leiden in 1641 and 1648, and was an influence on the painters Nathaniel Bacon, Johann Hulsman, and Willem Cornelisz Duyster. His son Anthonie also became a painter. He was buried in the Waalse Kerk (Haarlem).
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Dirck Franchoisz Hals, Thierry Hals, Dirk Hals, Dirck Halls and Dirk Halls. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Franchois Fransz. Hals van Mechelen and Adriaentje van Geertenryck. One child is recorded: Anthonie Hals.

Musicerend en drinkend gezelschap in een herberg - Dirck Hals - Musea Brugge
Dirck Hals

Musicerend en drinkend gezelschap in een herberg - Dirck Hals - Musea Brugge
Dirck Hals
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Life and career
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1591
Dirck Hals born at Haarlem.
1656
Dirck Hals died at Haarlem.
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- 1.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/bio/h/hals/dirk/biograph.html The Web Gallery of Art
- 2.Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden.
- 3.Cita web https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/35549 Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
- 4.Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer.
- 5.Cita web https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/personnage/Hals/123045 Enciclopedia online Larousse
- 6.Cita web https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/peinture/Hals/152481 Enciclopedia online Larousse - Gli Hals
- 7.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/fetecham.html Ricevimento all'aperto - The Web Gallery of Art
- 8.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/merr_com.html Allegra compagnia - The Web Gallery of Art
- 9.Dirck Hals in The Union List of Artists Names.
- 10.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/banquet1.html Un banchetto - Web Gallery of Art
- 11.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/garden_p.html Compagnia di musicisti in terrazza - Web Gallery of Art
- 12.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/merry_co.html Allegra compagnia a tavola - Web Gallery of Art
- 13.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/musician.html Musicisti - The Web Gallery of Art
- 14.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/party.html Ricevimento all'aperto - The Web Gallery of Art
- 15.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/h/hals/dirk/tearing.html Donna che strappa una lettera - The Web Gallery of Art
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