Painting is a beautiful, flexible, living aesthetic discipline that is somewhat similar to science. --Frans Hals
Frans Hals self-portrait
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This portrait quite brilliantly sketches for us the pretentious look of him that we might imagine, the way he teases and laughs at us.
In this portrait that is too arrogant, the colors, gestures, techniques and expressions are harmonious. With keen observation, Hals accurately grasped the moment when the character turned around and smiled, and portrayed the subtle psychological moment of the character with exquisite brushstrokes, so that the facial expression of the character reached a high degree of consistency with its own personality characteristics, and in the moment of looking back, all the psychology of casual, free, unscrupulous, sincere and kind was written on the face, giving this painting a special artistic expression.
Hals is good at painting portraits, and is the color distribution of large color blocks, the color is relatively heavy, the background is used to use black padding, the black color of velvet satin appears free and relaxed, and other colors are mixed in, it seems that the background is full of light, and the picture of the work is very thick, stable and harmonious.
Although the use of heavy colors, but these colors in the picture is very harmonious, breathless to see the richness and simplicity of these colors, study their collocation, you will be immersed in the painting. The brush strokes are thick and light, hard and soft and dry and moist, and the pen is very calm, flexible and bold, without the disadvantages of drilling the horns and sticking to trivialities.
Everything in Hals's picture is treated according to its meaning, characteristics, and value. Some details can make people feel carefully carved, and some details are just gently carried over.
Flat mesh belts, light lace, gorgeous satin, dull silk, dense velvet, it seems that all of them are effortless, not too meticulous at all, suddenly grasping the feeling of the essence of things, accurate sense of proportion, accurate and not wordy, let people understand at a glance. It has the ability not to miss anything and avoid cutting unnecessary things, and it uses the pen quickly, dexterously and rigorously.
He pays more attention to nature than anyone else, and his colors are full. The color is simple, the tone is cold, the adjustment is very even, almost no oil is felt, and the base color is very solidly painted. These carefully blended, interesting and pure colors, he did not skimp on them, and generously squandered them, which were also unique among other painters.
Ers has created so many beautiful and elegant, moving works that have become timeless classics!