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Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini (1842 - 1931) was active/lived in Italy, France.  Giovanni Boldini is known for Portrait and figure paintings of upper class females, interiors and nudes.

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Giovanni Boldini, 1842-1931) enjoyed a long and successful artistic career.  He was born in Ferrara, Italy in 1842, and trained on the Italian Renaissance masters from childhood with his religious artist-father, Antonio Boldini.

He also studied under other accomplished artists, gaining a reputation even at that young age as an accomplished portrait painter.  He then studied in Florence at the age of 20, at the Scuola del nudo (the School of Nudes), a subject he would return to only in old age.

Giovanni combined work and study for many years, training in Paris and London, and Holland and Germany.  He moved to Paris but continued traveling for his work.  He developed his own, distinct style, and his portraits grew in fame, helped greatly by a portrait commissioned by Giuseppe Verdi in 1886, the biggest celebrity of his day.

One of his paintings was a portrait of the composer, Guiseppe Verdi, and Verdi gave Boldini an introduction into the world of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5060 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Giovanni Boldini

   Giovanni Boldini  Born:  1842 - Ferrara, Italy
Died:   1931 - Paris, France
Known for:  Portrait and figure paintings of upper class females, interiors and nudes

Giovanni Boldini, 1842-1931) enjoyed a long and successful artistic career.  He was born in Ferrara, Italy in 1842, and trained on the Italian Renaissance masters from childhood with his religious artist-father, Antonio Boldini.

He also studied under other accomplished artists, gaining a reputation even at that young age as an accomplished portrait painter.  He then studied in Florence at the age of 20, at the Scuola del nudo (the School of Nudes), a subject he would return to only in old age.

Giovanni combined work and study for many years, training in Paris and London, and Holland and Germany.  He moved to Paris but continued traveling for his work.  He developed his own, distinct style, and his portraits  ...  Displaying 750 of 5060 characters.

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