Brief Biography-Dirck Hals, younger brother of Frans Hals, was a painter of small interior settings. He had another brother Joost who also painted, but his works are unidentified. According to the Rev. M. Pilkington, 1770, Dirck was a disciple of Abraham Bloemaert, who taught him to paint mostly animals; however, his elder brother Frans primarily influenced him. On leaving Bloemaert, he chose the subjects of feasts and merry-making. Willem Buytewech and Esaias van de Velde also had an impression on him. Dirck influenced several other artists, including Willem Cornelisz Duyster and Adriaen Brouwer. His son Anthony was also a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for portraits and genre scenes and settled in Amsterdam. Dirck was born and died in Haarlem.