Frans Hals in America

Collectors, Scholars, and Connoisseurs

Dennis P. Weller (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

310 Seiten

2022 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-8220-0 (ISBN)

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This book expands and updates W. R. Valentiner's informative, yet flawed, Frans Hals Paintings in America from 1936. An important contribution to the history of collecting in America, it provides readers with a detailed understanding of Hals in America today. The book discusses topics such as the thorny issue of Hals attributions, the impact of a dynamic art market over several generations, and more than a century of scholarly research and debate.Frans Hals represents one of the most gifted and innovative masters associated with the genius of Dutch seventeenth-century art. During his remarkable career he excelled as a painter of portraits—both individual and group—and half-length genre figures. Owing to his increasingly broad and vigorous paint application, Samuel Ampzing, a contemporary of Hals, was prompted to write in 1628 "How dashingly Frans [Hals] paints from life!"Frans Hals in America begins with an overview of Hals's rediscovery by artists during the second half of the nineteenth century. Shortly thereafter, collectors on both sides of the Atlantic sought out his paintings. Here, 'Gilded Age' Americans led the charge. In addition to exploring in detail the narrative of Hals in America, this fully illustrated book also includes a catalogue of paintings, and a detailed bibliography.

Dennis P. Weller is Curator Emeritus at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) in Raleigh, NC. Prior to his retirement in 2018, he served for more than 20 years as the museum's Curator of Northern European Art. A specialist in Dutch painting of the 17th century, he has written and lectured extensively on this material. His publications include the NCMA's catalogue of its 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings. He has also curated numerous exhibitions, including Jan Miense Molenaer: Dutch Painter of the Golden Age; Sinners and Saints, Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and his Dutch and Flemish Followers; Rembrandt in America: Collecting and Connoisseurship; and Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and their Contemporaries.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2022
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5275-8220-5 / 1527582205
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-8220-0 / 9781527582200
Zustand	Neuware