Thursday, November 29, 2012

Giovanni Boldini

Artist Giovanni Boldini was born in 1842, the eighth of his parents' thirteen children. Boldini was born in Italy, but he lived in Paris for nearly sixty years. I can see why he was a sought-after portrait painter:

Portrait of Henri Rochefort
by Giovanni Boldini

Lady Colin Campbell
by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of Vincenzo Cabianca
by Giovanni Boldini

Marchesa Luisa Casati with a Greyhound
by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of Robert de Montesquiou, 1897
by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi
by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of John Singer Sargent (ca. 1890)
by Giovanni Boldini

A Portrait of John Singer Sargent
by Giovanni Boldini

The Dispatch-Bearer
by Giovanni Boldini


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2 comments:

  1. HarryNovember 29, 2012 at 6:48 PM

    Wow, Boldini did fantastic work. Each one is a beautiful reflection of the subject (including The Dispatch-Bearer).

    It would be really difficult to pick a favorite within this group...they all have their own *wow* factor.

    Did wonder, though, if John Singer Sargent always carried a riding crop with him or if he just wanted it in his portrait. :-)

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  2. Heidi MordhorstNovember 30, 2012 at 6:16 PM

    I did enjoy the epitaphs, but these portraits (also, I think, a kind of epitaph of the long-gone subjects) are really arresting and wonderful. I especially like Verdi's--curious, sorrowful, listening.

    Please forgive me that I don't stop by more often...when I do I get sucked in by all the varied wonderfulness and then I find I've spent all my allotted blogtime at yours without visiting anywhere else! :)

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