List of works by Giovanni Boldini

Self-portrait at Montorsoli, (1892)

Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting.[1]

Boldini first attained success as a portraitist in London, completing portraits of premier members of English society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster.[2] From 1872, he lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas and became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a dashing style of painting which shows some Macchiaioli influence and a brio reminiscent of the work of younger artists, such as John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu.[3]

Paintings

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Year Title Image Collection Comments
1856 Self portrait at fourteen years old Museo Boldini Subject: Giovanni Boldini
c. 1859 Portrait of Francesco Boldini Museo Boldini Subject: Little brother of Giovanni Boldini, Francesco
1864-65 Portrait of Lilia Monti born Countess Magnoni, oil on canvas Estense Castle (Castello Estense), Ferrara Subject: Lilia Monti
c. 1865 Cristiano Banti Subject: Cristiano Banti
c. 1865 Pig keeper
1865 Alaide recovering Subject: Alaide Banti (1855-1929), daughter of Cristiano Banti
1865 Portrait of Diego Martelli Subject: Diego Martelli
1865 Giuseppe Abbati Subject: Giuseppe Abbati
1865 Self-Portrait while looking at a painting, oil on canvas Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Palazzo Pitti, Florence Subject: Giovanni Boldini
1865-66 Portrait of Maria Angelini Subject: Maria Angelini
1865-66 Diego Martelli in Castiglioncello Subject: Diego Martelli
1866 Portrait of the painter Alessandro Lanfredini, oil on panel Private Subject: Alessandro Lanfredini
1866 Portrait of Cristiano Banti with his cane Subject: Cristiano Banti
1866 Portrait of Alaide Banti in white dress Subject: Alaide Banti (1855-1929), daughter of Cristiano Banti
1866-67 Giovanni Fattori at the easel Gallerie d'Italia, Milan Subject: Giovanni Fattori
1870 The Connoisseur, oil on panel Private
1873 The Model and the Mannequin, oil on panel Private
1873 The Guitar Player, oil on canvas Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, United States
1873 Gossip, oil on wood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1873 Les Parisiennes Vanderbilt collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1874 La Place Pigalle
1874 Boy with a Circle, oil on canvas
1875 Ladies of the First Empire Vanderbilt collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1875 A Lute Player and a Listener, oil on canvas Private
1878 Lady admiring a Fan Butterfly Institute Fine Art (Gallery), Lugano
1878 Newspaperman in Paris (The newspaper)
1879 The Dispatch-Bearer (c. 1879), oil on wood Metropolitan Museum of Art
c. 1880-1890 Portrait of a Dandy Subject: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
1882 Buses on the Pigalle Place
1883 Girl with Red Shawl, oil on canvas Private
1884 The Worldly Singer (La cantante mondana) Museo Boldini, Ferrara [1]
c. 1885 The Actress Rejane and her Dog, oil on canvas Private Subject:Gabrielle Réjane (1856–1920; French actress)
1885 The Girl with a Black Cat
1885 Portrait of Mrs. Charles Warren-Cram, oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art Subject: Ella Brooks Carter (1846–1896)
1881–86 Two White Horses
1886 Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Subject: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
1886 Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome Subject: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
1888 Woman in Black who Watches the Pastel of Signora Emiliana Concha de Ossa, oil on canvas Museo Boldini, Ferrara [2]
1890 Portrait of John Singer Sargent (c. 1890), oil on panel Subject: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925; American artist and portrait painter)
1890 Portrait of John Singer Sargent (c. 1890), oil on panel Subject: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925; American artist and portrait painter)
1890 Portrait of Lucy Gérard (c. 1890), pastel on canvas Subject: Lucy Gérard (1872–1941; French actress)
1891 Portrait of the little Subercaseaux Museo Boldini
1892 Portrait of Josefina Errázuriz Alvear, oil on canvas Private Josefina Errázuriz Alvear
1892 Portrait of Madame Josefina Alvear de Errázuriz or Portrait de Madame E, oil on canvas National Museum of Decorative Arts Buenos Aires Subject: Josefina Alvear de Errázuriz
1892 Self-Portrait Subject: Giovanni Boldini
1892 Interior of the artist's studio with the portrait of Giovinetta Errázuriz Subject: Giovinetta Errazuriz
1894 Portrait of the Countess de Martel de Janville, known as Gypsy, oil on canvas Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris Subject: Countess de Martel de Janville (1850–1932)
1895 Portrait of a Man Wearing a Top Hat: Poet Hanvin, from the Figaro, oil on panel
1897 Portrait of Lady Colin Campbell, oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London Subject: Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857–1911)
1897 Portrait of J. A. M. Whistler, oil on canvas Brooklyn Museum, New York Subject: James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
1897 Portrait of Robert de Montesquiou Musée d'Orsay, Paris Subject: Robert de Montesquiou (1855–1921; Gay French poet and writer)
1898 Portrait of Madame Georges Hugo, and her son Jean, oil on canvas Private Subject: Madame Georges Hugo (born Pauline Ménard-Dorian) and her son, Jean Hugo
c. 1899 Room of the Painter
1900 Portrait of a Man in a Church, watercolor Private
1900–1910 Portrait of Marthe de Florian Private Rediscovered in 2010, Subject: Marthe de Florian (1864-1939), French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque
1901 Portrait of Mme. Lina Cavalieri, oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Subject: Lina Cavalieri (1874–1944); Italian operatic soprano and diseuse
1903 Portrait of a Lady, Mrs. Lionel Phillips Subject: Dorothea Sarah Florence Alexandra (1863–1940)
1904 Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt Subject: Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923; French stage and film actress)
1904 Princess Radziwill with Red Ribbon Subject: Princess Catherine Radziwill
1905 Portrait of Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, oil on canvas Subject: Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (1868–1944; American author and Manhattan socialite)
1905 The Black Sash, oil on canvas Private
1905 Portrait of Countess Zichy, oil on canvas Subject: Countess Eleonóra Zichy
1905 Portrait of Willy Private Subject: the writer Henri Gauthier-Villars
1906 Portrait of Ethel Mary Crocker Subject: lived 1891–1964; daughter of Mrs. William H. Crocker; later Countess de Limur.
1906 Portrait of Mrs. Howard-Johnston, oil on canvas Private Subject: Howard-Johnston
1906 Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough, and Her Son, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill, oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Subjects: Consuelo Vanderbilt (1876–1964). Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill (1898–1956).
1908 Portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati, with a Greyhound, oil Subject: Luisa Casati (1881–1957; Italian heiress and patroness of arts)
1909 La Passeggiata al Bois
1910 Portrait de la princesse Cécile Murat, Ney d'Elchingen, oil on canvas Private Subject: Princess Cécile Murat Ney d'Elchingen (wife of Joachim, 5th Prince Murat)
1910 Portrait of Anita De La Feria, The Spanish Dancer, oil on canvas Private Subject: Anita de la Ferie
1910–1914 Canale a Venezia con gondole Art collections of Fondazione Cariplo Venice
1910 Ritratto di Josefina Errazuriz Alvear con il suo gatto
1911 Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco, oil on canvas Subject: Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973)
1911 Portrait of Rita de Acosta Lydig, oil on canvas M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans Subject: Rita de Acosta Lydig (1875–1929)
1911 Self-Portrait Museo Boldini, Ferrara Subject: Giovanni Boldini
1912 Portrait of Mlle. de Gillespie, La Dame de Biarritz, oil on canvas Private
1912 Portrait of a Lady Brooklyn Museum
1913 The Misses Muriel and Consuelo Vanderbilt Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Subjects: Muriel and Consuelo Vanderbilt
1913 Portrait of a Lady, Lina Bilitis, with two Pekineses, oil on canvas Private Subject: Lina Bilitis
1913 Madame Michelham N.A. Subject: Madame Michelham
1914 Portrait of the Marchesa Luisa Casati Subject: Luisa Casati (1881–1957; Italian heiress and patroness of arts)
1914 Portrait of Mrs. Leeds Subject: May Leeds, later Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (1878–1923; American heiress, later a Greek princess by marriage)
1916 Lady in Rose, oil on canvas Museo Boldini, Ferrara [3] Subject: Olivia de Santiago Concha, 4th Marchioness of Casa Concha
1924 Portrait of Donna Franca Florio, oil on canvas
Josefina Alvear de Errázuriz
Portrait of Madame Josefina A. de Errázuriz
Kitchen Garden
Repose in the Atelier
Studies for the Portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati Subject: Luisa Casati (1881–1957; Italian heiress and patroness of arts)
The Art Connoisseur, oil on panel Private
Reclining Nude, oil on canvas Private
A Lady with a Cat, watercolor Private
Gentleman at the Piano
Woman at the Piano, oil on canvas Private
Lady Pianist, watercolor Private
Theatre
Woman in Red
The Pianist A. Rey Colaco Subject: Alexandre Rey Colaço (1854–1928; Portuguese pianist)
The Rose in Vase of Sassonia
Still Life with Rose
Sitting in the Garden
Statue in the Park of Versailles
Angels

Prints and drawings

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Year Title Image Collection Comments
1883 Famous Connoisseur (Fameux Connaisseur), crayon and pencil on graph paper Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1884 Portrait of the Artist, pen and brown ink Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1885 Audience at a Parisian Theatre I (c. 1885), Graphite on cream wove paper Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1885 Audience at a Parisian Theatre II (c. 1885), Graphite on cream wove paper Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1897 Hansom Cabs, New York (c. 1897), black chalk on ruled paper Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1897 Whistler Dozing, drypoint on paper view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1904 Portrait of the Marquis de Biron (c. 1904), black chalk Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1905 Portrait of a Lady (c. 1905), crayon on paper Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Portrait of Edward G. Kennedy, black graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Subject: lived 1849–1932.
Leda with Swan Subject: Leda
Sarah Bernhardt, sketch, pencil on paper Private Subject: Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923; French actress)
Statue, sketch, pencil on paper Private Published (n. 1909) in Bianca Doria, Boldini: I disegni di Giovanni Boldini: Catalogo Generale, Skira, 2011, ISBN 978-88-572-1140-4
Face of woman, sketch, pencil on paper Private

References

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  1. ^ "Art: Master of Swish". time.com. 3 April 1933. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010.
  2. ^ de Gubernatis, Angelo (1889). Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier. p. 63.
  3. ^ Steingräber, E., & Matteucci, G. (1984). The Macchiaioli: Tuscan Painters of the Sunlight : March 14-April 20, 1984. New York: Stair Sainty Matthiesen in association with Matthiesen, London. p. 105. OCLC 70337478.

Sources

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  • T. Panconi, Boldini, L'uomo e la pittura, Pisa (Italy) 1998
  • E. Savoia (a cura di), Giovanni Boldini. Il dinamismo straordinario delle linee, (catalogo della mostra), Bologna (Italy) 1999
  • E. Savoia (a cura di), Omaggio a Giovanni Boldini, (catalogo della mostra), Bologna (Italy) 2001
  • T. Panconi, Giovanni Boldini, L'opera completa (Catalogo generale ragionato legale), Firenze (Italy) 2002
  • P. Dini e F. Dini, Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931. Catalogo ragionato, Torino, 2002
  • E. Savoia (a cura di), G. Boldini. Dalla macchia alla sperimentazione dinamica, (catalogo della mostra), Bologna (Italy) 2003
  • T. Panconi, Boldini Mon Amour (catalogo della mostra, con presentazione del ministro per i beni culturali), Pisa (Italy) 2008
  • E. Savoia (a cura di), Giovanni Boldini. Capolavori e opere inedite dall'atelier dell'artista, (catalogo della mostra), Milano (Italy) 2011
  • S. Bosi, E. Savoia, Giovanni Boldini. Il Narratore della "dolce vita" parigina, Treviso, Antiga Edizioni, 2011
  • T. Panconi, S. Gaddi, Boldini e la Belle Epoque (catalogo della mostra), Milano (Italy) 2011
  • S. Bosi, E. Savoia, La mostra di Giovanni Boldini del 1963 al Musée Jacquemart-André di Parigi da un album fotografico inedito, Milano (Italy) 2011
  • Boldini, Giovanni, Enzo Savoia, and Stefano Bosi. Giovanni Boldini. Capolavori e opere inedite dall'atelier dell'artista. Crocetta del Montello: Antiga. 2011. ISBN 9788888997520
  • T. Panconi, S. Gaddi, Giovanni Boldini (catalogo della mostra di Roma - Venaria Reale To), Skira editore, Milano, 2017
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