# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frans-hals
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:50:00.393Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1582 in Antwerp, Hals moved to Haarlem as a child when his family fled the chaos of Spanish rule in the southern Netherlands. The city became his home and studio for life — a place where religious art was discouraged in churches but private citizens filled their walls with portraits. Hals built a career painting the wealthy: individuals, couples, families, civic groups. While other Haarlem portraitists worked in tight, polished styles, he developed a looser, more painterly approach. His sitters wore the subdued blacks and whites of respectable fashion, but he captured something warmer — the flicker of personality, a friendliness in the eyes. He also painted tronies, character studies for the open market. He died in Haarlem on 26 August 1666, having spent six decades turning burghers into people.