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Frans Hals has been called a wife-beater, a tosspot, a congenital bankrupt and an angel with a brush. The first three charges rest on the petty court records of Haarlem, Holland, the last on about 300 paintings scattered throughout the world. The court records show a sorry existence, the paintings a radiant one. Hals's life was both. He fathered 14 children, often went cold and hungry with his brood, died penniless (in 1666) at the age of 86. In good times he would march off to the club, being fond of music, beer and jolly company...
...fine stuffs, starched ruffs and ribboned cuffs that bespoke their newly self-made affluence. And in all subsequent ages of prosperity, business and bustle there has been an appreciative audience for Frans Hals, the artist who caught his fellow Dutchmen at their swashbuckling best, whether downing a glass of Haarlem beer or decked out in their Sunday finery...
...rally was a banquet for 500 sponsored by Haarlem's Jewish Recreation Association, where the winners were announced: Driver Gerard van Praag and Passenger Max Gosschalk, in a German Volkswagen, who had only 36 points against them...
...none was even close to Hannie's new-found effectiveness. With an average of twelve strikeouts a game, and two international victories (over England and Belgium) to his credit. Pitcher Urbanus hurled his undefeated O.V.V.O. team to its fourth straight Dutch championship, 5 to 2, over a strong Haarlem nine...
...request came from a 21-year-old electro-technician and a 23-year-old accountant in Haarlem, who pointed out that they had "read something about the journey to the moon" and asked for immediate reservations...