What is Frans Hals?
{{Infobox artist | name = Frans Hals | image = Hals - Self-Portrait copy.jpg | caption = Copy of a self-portrait by Frans Hals. | birth_name = Frans Hals | birth_date = c. 1580 | birth_place = [[Antwerp]] | death_date = 26 August {{death year and age|1666|1580}} | death_place = [[Haarlem]] | nationality = [[Flanders|Flemish]] - [[Netherlands|Dutch]] | field = [[Painting]] | training = | movement = | works = ''Gipsy Girl'', 1628-30<br>''[[Willem Coymans]]'' | patrons = | awards = }} '''Frans Hals the Elder''' (c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] painter. He is known for his loose brushwork. He helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group [[portrait]] painting. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hals, Frans}} [[Category:1580s births]] [[Category:1666 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch painters]]