Frans Hals at the National Gallery

Andrew explores the fantastic Frans Hals exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
This is a short taster of the whole exclusive video tour, which is available to view on www.andrewgrahamdixon.com for members of Andrew's website. Membership costs just £25 per year (with a discount for students), and includes a monthly video from Andrew, exclusive video tours, access to a monthly selection of archive content, and a newsletter on the 1st of each month.

[@bluesque9687]

Sir, your enthusiasm keeps the lights on! In the contemporary world, the fine art of painting has left the building!

[@marcus4672]

Saw hals exhibition at rijksmuseum and fell in love with his work. Like you say its like meeting people from the past. So much expression in the paintings you can feel their personalities

[@araucariapasquale1]

The luminosity of the paint and the characters. Wonderful.

[@mozdickson]

Biblically shaped worldview, expressed wonderfully in paint. This is of my culture, faith and worldview. I will never be ashamed of it or apologetic. I am John. Thank you.

[@splodge5714]

Thank you for this video. Reminds me of what a lovely exhibition it was taking us back in time to meet those wonderful characters.

[@steveb2145]

Marvelous AGD

[@johnw9245]

Wonderful video! Thanks. ! loved to view all of Hals beautiful portraits in the National Gallery there.

[@sylhayes8152]

Feel like I’m walking through the gallery. Thanks

[@Marusya514]

Thank you!!!!

[@Saghi.Aliakbar]

❤

[@clamda]

Many thanks for this, great insight and humour as always

[@AndrewGrahamDix]

Thank you for the kind comments. The whole film can be viewed on my website - it's around 30 minutes long in total. You do have to be a member, but the annual fee is very reasonable, and there are lots of benefits - like seeing all the gallery tours in full, and a monthly members' video on the 1st of every month from me...

[@FraxinusExelsior]

Great video

[@michaelkitching1387]

I wonder if the portrait of a young woman is that of Judith Leyster; a dutch artist who's work is often mistaken for Hals'. He apparently had painted her and looking at her own self portraits the rise in the mouth corners is the same as is the headshape and general look.

[@seanfaherty]

Thanks for this. I’m an Un/self educated person. There are some gaps

[@meredith7236]

The skin looks like it really has blood flowing,they are alive.

[@johnw9245]

Wonderful video! Thanks. ! loved to view all of Hals beautiful portraits in the National Gallery there.

[@olivierbolton8683]

Great fan of Hals...the best snap shot painter of all time...amazing work.

[@war-painter]

Love Franz Hals. Not too many artists have that freshness and looseness. His work looks so contemporary - I like your enthusiasm.

[@olddeuteranomaly5112]

I agree with you, but do try and spell his name right.

[@seanfaherty]

Any evidence of use of a comparator ? Objects in the foreground seem out of focus but I don’t see evidence of him painting other lens imperfections. Vermeer, who most likely used a comparator, also did not do a self portrait… it would be impossible with a comparator