'Lost' Goya drawings sold for 4m Jul 13, 2008
Highlights include an oil painting portrait by Dutch artist Frans Hals and a painting by JMW Turner that has not appeared on the open market since 1827. The artwork, entitled Pope's Villa At Twickenham, has a pre-sale estimate of up to 7 million. (BBC News -- Europe)
Three sketches by Goya sell for $8 million Jul 13, 2008
A drawing entitled "Bajar Rinendo (They Go Down Quarreling) by Spanish artist Goya, on display during a sale at Christie's auction house in London onJuly 8. It sold for $4.6 million.Sang Tan / APMost popular Most viewed Top rated Most e-mailedupdated 6:51 p.m. ET July 8, 2008LONDON - Three sketches by Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, sold Tuesday for $8 million.Christies says the sketches first went up for sale in Paris in 1877 and were presumed lost until a private... (MSNBC -- News)
'Lost' artworks shown before sale Jul 5, 2008
A work by Dutch painter Frans Hals, called Portrait Of Willem van Heythuysen and thought to date from around 1634-35, is expected to fetch up to 5m. Christie's London auction house meanwhile is displaying three rediscovered drawings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, before they are auctioned on Tuesday. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'Fake' Rembrandt Worth Millions Jun 20, 2008
It is unclear where the painting had been before 1800, when a Flemish engraver made a reproductive print and attributed the original to the Dutch painter Frans Hals without realizing the face in the picture was that of Rembrandt. "After that there is silence about the painting; we don't know where it stayed," Van de Wetering said. (Time.com)
When viewing art, less can be more Jun 7, 2008
Someone has surely called today's Rijksmuseum speed-dial, mini-golf culture, or a Best Of spinoff of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals and Jan Steen, or a dumbed-down compilation of Greatest Dutch Hits. I went inside for 10, about $15, and the answer to all the contempt is no way. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
IlanaRaviv Receives Women of the Year Award Mar 17, 2008
"The work emanates from itself with a strong presence. Each line dictates another and each shape creates a new shape. It is built on the anatomy of art and not on the anatomy of the subject. These elements are derived from the works of maestros like Titian, Veronese, El Greco, Frans Hals, Velasques, Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, De Kooning, as well as contemporary American artist Knox Martin. "The essence of the work revolves around discovery itself and not on illustration or description. It is art... (AbsoluteArts.com)
A Master Among Masters At The Met Dec 25, 2007
It was a golden age of portraits, landscapes and scenes of everyday life, as captured by Frans Hals and Johannes Vermeer. "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher" is one of only 35 known Vermeers. (CBS News -- US)
In Which World Gallery Nov 12, 2007
The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals. In the painting (1624), the effort of the artist is obvious in the subject s gorgeous silk and lace costume. (Suite101.com)
Goodnight Siena Oct 24, 2007
I had my reservations about the last show at the National Gallery, but it included masterpieces by Rembrandt and Frans Hals. This is a far more thoughtful exhibition, and yet in the end it is asking us not to engage with the great medieval art of Siena - which is in itself an intellectual and aesthetic challenge for the modern viewer - but to be so steeped in that art, to so take it for granted, that we have time and patience to pursue the minor artists at the fag end of the tradition. (Guardian Unlimited)
4 heirs of Dutch Jew file claim to artworks Sep 26, 2007
Many are on display in some of the country's major museums, such as the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. Today in Europe. (International Herald Tribune)
Other Dutch Masterworks in New York Sep 22, 2007
In addition to a cache of Rembrandt drawings, the Frick has four Frans Hals portraits, two landscapes by Jacob van Ruisdael, one by Salomon Ruysdael and a splendid Aelbert Cuyp. Although the Morgan Library & Museum has 26 drawings by Rembrandt and others by Abraham Bloemaert, Jan van Goyen, Adriaen van Ostade and the protean Hendrick Goltzius and the country's largest group of Rembrandt etchings, they are not on view this season. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'The Age of Rembrandt': starring patrons of a Golden Age Sep 21, 2007
In addition to the Rembrandts, there are 11 Frans Hals, seven Salomon van Ruysdaels, five Vermeers, five Jacob van Ruisdaels and eight paintings by Gerard ter Borch. Add to these a sensational Hendrick ter Brugghen altarpiece; major paintings by Jan van de Cappelle, Pieter Claesz and Aelbert Cuyp; and backup reserves of dozens of worthy if less familiar figures, and you have an inventory of breathtaking scope and depth. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fine tribute to a forgotten master Jun 27, 2007
He was a big man, athletic, with light red hair, who trimmed his golden beard van Dyke style and who laughed and wore his hat with all the panache of a Frans Hals cavalier. He moved with the grace of a boxer and he knew how to break in a horse. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A new class of portrait Jun 26, 2007
Dutch Portraits, as its subtitle hastily reassures us, is about The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals ... This show stirs a rich selection of Rembrandt s paintings (including such superlative loans as The Anatomy Lesson from the Mauritshuis in The Hague) and several fine pieces by Frans Hals into a mix that includes some of the best and most representative images of an era in which, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of portraits were commissioned ... Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and... (Times Online)
The old black Jun 22, 2007
Deep in the basement of the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing, Wieseman switches on the bright beam of the conservator's light to illuminate the freshly restored portrait of Aletta Hanemans, painted in 1625 by Frans Hals, and reveals the (essentially unreproducible) splendour of her get-up ... Dutch Portraits: the Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals is at the National Gallery, London WC2, from Wednesday June 27. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rick Steves: Dutch Haarlem Feb 18, 2007
" A Dutch Masters kind of town, Haarlem is a good place to start a European trip. In small-town Holland, cultural differences are obvious and travel is easy. I see the Netherlands as a cultural wading pool that slopes gradually into the more challenging waters of central Europe. While mighty Amsterdam is just a 20-minute train ride away, cute Haarlem provides a more comfy base and a more genteel experience. For half the price of a simple Amsterdam hotel, the tourist office can set you up in the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Bruce Museum looks at contentious relationship between Chase, Henri Jan 21, 2007
The pair admired the works of 17th-century giants Diego Velazquez and Frans Hals and 19th-century painters Edouard Manet and James McNeill Whistler, who also were inspired by the old masters. Chase and Henri each created paintings revealing the influence of Velazquez and Hals. (Stamford Advocate)
German portraits of despair at Met Dec 22, 2006
Artists Rights Society, New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Otto Dix's portrait of the art dealer Johanna Ey. Exhibit shows a traumatized '20s Germany. (International Herald Tribune)
Dutch artists to summer in the Berkshires Nov 15, 2006
Other highlights include performances by the Nederlands Dans Theater II at Jacob's Pillow , and the presentation of two Frans Hals portraits, paired for the first time in more than two centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. And Pittsfield's newly restored Colonial Theatre will partner with Amsterdam-based group the ISH Institute to host a two-week , intensive after-school program for at-risk youth. (Boston Globe)
Amsterdam celebrates Rembrandt's 400th birthday Oct 18, 2006
The Masterpieces Where: What: Amsterdam's largest art museum is also home to Rembrandt's greatest works, many of which are on display in "The Masterpieces." This exhibition showcases Rembrandt's paintings alongside work from his Dutch Golden Age contemporaries, including Jacob van Ruisdael and Frans Hals. Complementing the paintings are Delft porcelain, exquisite dollhouses, and furniture from the era. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Biting point Sep 26, 2006
Before then few portraits depict their subject's teeth: the Mona Lisa may be smiling enigmatically, but her lips remain sealed; and even Frans Hals Laughing Cavalier keeps his mouth tight shut. The teeth of Queen Elizabeth I were black, and many of them had fallen out; while Louis XIV suffered a broken jaw when his physicians attempted to remove his rotten molars. (BBC News -- UK)
Nation: Rembrandt exhibit making rare U.S. tour Sep 24, 2006
The exhibit, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Treasures from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, also includes self-portraits, still lifes and landscapes painted by other Dutch masters such as Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan van Goyen and Nicholaes Maes. The decision to part with the paintings temporarily came when it was determined that the renovation and modernization of the Rijksmuseum, expected to continue until 2009, would limit the display of its collections. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
At Home with Haarlem's Renaissance Mar 7, 2006
A few blocks away, the Frans Hals Museum contains take-me-back portraits painted by a hometown artist made good. Here, you ll see the Netherlands 17th-century golden age proudly on gilded display. (ABC News)
