Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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*Overview*
Frans Hals is renowned for the freedom of his style and his ability to capture the character of his sitters. Despite a late start, he has become one of the best-loved of the Dutch Golden Age artists. This panel discusses Frans Hals’s story and his historical context, as well as the enduring relevance and the timeliness to revisit his legacy today. It explores his influence upon and interest to the Impressionists, and what about his work allows it to continue to feel so very modern.

The panelists explore what new light has been shed upon Hals’s work by the exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, as well as investigate his work in the context of the Dutch Golden Age, exploring new perspectives on this deeply human artist.

*Panelists*
*Ed Behrens* — Apollo Magazine
*Tamar van Riessen* — Junior Curator of 17th-century Dutch Painting, Rijksmuseum
*Benjamin Moser* — Writer

This TEFAF Talk was presented by Apollo Magazine as part of TEFAF Maastricht’s programming and took place on March 10, 2024

View full TEFAF Programming overview at tefaf.com/talks