The Art Lovers

At the Frans Hals portraits exhibition, National Gallery, London. Van Gogh once said that Frans Hals could paint 57 different blacks.

4 Comments

  1. charliedontsurf
    charliedontsurf ·

    I wonder what made him come up with 57?

  2. malcolm_tremain
    malcolm_tremain ·

    @charliedontsurf Maybe Frans Hals liked Heinz beans! Actually Hals was an expert in painting shades of black, none of which were really black.

  3. charliedontsurf
    charliedontsurf ·

    @malcolm_tremain that would make them grey then:) I must say I really like these gallery shots, they are so well observed and the tones are lovely.

  4. malcolm_tremain
    malcolm_tremain ·

    @charliedontsurf Thanks Simon. Indeed they are all shades of grey but hs genius was his ability to make them look like shades of black and he did it better than Rembrandt.

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