The Lady in Pink (Portrait of Olivia Concha de Fontecilla)
The Lady in Pink (Portrait of Olivia Concha de Fontecilla), 1916 Oil on canvas, 163 x 113 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1386 Beginning at the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, Boldini’s style became increasingly daring: the frayed and frayed pictorial material was spread in large, energetic brushstrokes capable of […]
The walk in the Bois de Boulogne
The walk in the Bois de Boulogne, c. 1909 Oil on canvas, 228 x 118 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1370 In the first decade of the twentieth century, Boldini was still one of the most fashionable portrait painters among high society figures and gave birth to a new female iconography, depicting an emancipated […]
Portrait of little Subercaseaux
Portrait of little Subercaseaux, 1891 Oil on canvas, 170 x 98.5 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1364 This portrait is one of the most representative works of Giovanni Boldini’s mature style. It depicts one of the two sons of Chilean diplomat Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña, probably the eldest son Pedro, who used to accompany his […]
The Countess de Leusse
Countess de Leusse, c. 1889-90 Oil on canvas, 200.5 x 101 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1362 Between the late 1880s and the beginning of the following decade, Boldini reached the pinnacle of success as a portrait painter of international high society. He developed a personal style that emphasized the loveliness and spirited elegance of […]
A corner of the painter’s canteen
A corner of the painter’s canteen, c. 1897 Oil on panel, 116 x 38 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1376 This still life is one of Boldini’s rare and fascinating trials in this genre, treated mostly as a private exercise. The elongated format and bold composition of the work are decidedly singular. The framing, almost […]
The socialite singer
The socialite singer, c. 1884 Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Estense Foundation collection, on deposit at GAMC In 1871 Giovanni Boldini moved to Paris and during his first years in the French capital he produced genre paintings destined for merchants and collectors. In the early 1880s he abandoned these subjects, resumed his […]
Woman in black looking at the “Pastel of Mrs. Emiliana Concha de Ossa”
Woman in black looking at the “Pastel of Mrs. Emiliana Concha de Ossa”, c. 1888 Oil on panel, 80.5 x 64.5 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1367 In the second half of the 1880s, Boldini’s repertoire was enriched with a new genre devoted to the interiors of the home and atelier. One of the […]
The Lascaraky sisters
The Lascaraky sisters, 1869 Oil on panel, 14 x 22.5 cm Museo Giovanni Boldini, inv. 1353 In 1864 the young Giovanni Boldini left Ferrara for Florence. He approached the circle of the Macchiaioli, artists who asserted the reasons for a nonconformist art faithful to the “true,” and undertook a fruitful activity as a portrait painter. […]