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Artists›Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini

1842

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942–1943

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.70.74
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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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.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

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Consuelo Vanderbilt (1876–1964), Duchess of Marlborough, and Her Son, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill (1898–1956)

1906 · Oil on canvas

87 1/4 x 67 in. (221.6 x 170.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of a Lady

1905 · Crayon on paper

7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (19.4 x 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whistler Asleep

1897 · Drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.6 × 29.4 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Mrs. Charles Warren-Cram (Ella Brooks Carter, 1846–1896)

1885 · Oil on canvas

19 3/8 x 14 in. (49.2 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Famous Connoisseur (Fameux Connaisseur)

1883 · Crayon and pencil on graph paper.

6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Audience at a Parisian Theatre II

1880 · Graphite on cream wove paper

9.2 × 15 cm (3 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

1880 · Graphite on cream wove paper

8.9 × 15.1 cm (3 9/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gossip

1873 · Oil on wood

7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dispatch-Bearer

1865 · Oil on wood

16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (42.5 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Edward G. Kennedy (1849-1932)

1842 · Black graphite

14 3/16 x 12 7/8in. (36 x 32.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 5 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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Group Exhibition Twentieth Century Portraits

New York · 1942