Portrait of Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini Painting Reproductions 1 of 1

1842-1931

Italian Realist/Impressionist Painter

Giovanni Boldini (December 31, 1842 - July 11, 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting.

Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and went to Florence in 1862 to study painting, meeting there the realist painters known as the Macchiaioli. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known. He attained great success in London as a portraitist.

From 1872 Boldini lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. He also became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a dashing style of painting which shows some Impressionist influence but which most closely resembles the work of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu. He was nominated commissioner of the Italian section of the Paris Exposition in 1889, and received the Legion d'honneur for this appointment. He died in Paris in 1931.

8 Giovanni Boldini Paintings

The Two Children, n.d. by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

The Two Children n.d.

Oil Painting
$893
SKU: BOG-8670
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 65 x 81 cm
Private Collection

Girl Reading in a Salon, 1876 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Girl Reading in a Salon 1876

Oil Painting
$854
SKU: BOG-8671
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 73 x 57 cm
Private Collection

Portrait of James Abbott McNeil Whistler, 1897 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Portrait of James Abbott McNeil Whistler 1897

Oil Painting
$1035
SKU: BOG-8672
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 171.5 x 94.5 cm
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crossing the Street, 1875 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Crossing the Street 1875

Oil Painting
$1170
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: BOG-16719
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 46.2 x 37.8 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Washerwomen, 1874 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Washerwomen 1874

Oil Painting
$627
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: BOG-17582
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 13.7 x 20 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Guitar Player, 1872 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Guitar Player 1872

Oil Painting
$1037
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: BOG-17583
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 41.6 x 34.4 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Madame Celine Leclanche, 1881 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Madame Celine Leclanche 1881

Oil Painting
$930
Canvas Print
$50.92
SKU: BOG-17584
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 61 x 41 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Young Woman Crocheting, 1875 by Giovanni Boldini | Painting Reproduction

Young Woman Crocheting 1875

Oil Painting
$1059
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: BOG-17585
Giovanni Boldini
Original Size: 36.2 x 27.4 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

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