Temporary exhibition • Past

Boldini

Pleasures and Days

29 Mar — 24 Jul 2022

This first retrospective is an opportunity for visitors to discover or to renew acquaintance with Giovanni Boldini, a virtuoso painter and figure on the social, artistic and literary scene of Belle Époque Paris.

Portrait de Miss Bell
Giovanni Boldini, Portrait de Miss Bell, 1903, huile sur toile, Villa Grimaldi Fas sio, Civica Raccolta Luigi Frugone (Musei di Nervi), Italie © Musei di Nervi, Raccolte Frugone

Born in Ferrara, Italy in 1842, Boldini spent most of his career in Paris. He was a close friend of Degas and also of Proust, and moved in aristocratic and upper middle-class circles. During his lifetime, he enjoyed considerable success, becoming the favourite portraitist of a rich, international clientele. In Paris, the fashion capital of the world, he had no equal when it came to portraying princesses and rich heiresses – always wearing the most beautiful dresses. His inimitable style, which was modern but at odds with the avant-garde, has made his works captivating and moving testimonies of that lost era in Paris.

Curators

  • Servane Dargnies-de Vitry, curator of 19th century paintings at the Petit Palais.
  • Barbara Guidi, director of the Museo civico di Bassano.

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This exhibition benefited from support from the italien Ministry of Culture.

This exhibition is supported by Dior.                                                                                   

The auditorium’s programming around the exhibition is made possible thanks to the generous support of Mrs. Natalia Logvinova Smalto, founder of the Fondation Signature – Institut de France.

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Grande gloire du Paris du tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles, Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) est le portraitiste favori de la haute société cosmopolite, celle-là même qui inspire à Marcel Proust son recueil Les Plaisirs et les Jours. Cette monographie invite à découvrir l'œuvre de ce peintre, témoin sensible et imaginatif des fastes d'un temps révolu et de l'effervescence d'une capitale à la pointe de l'élégance.

Auteur(s) : Sous la direction de Barbara Guidi et Servane Dargnies-de Vitry

Exposition : Boldini

Format : Broché

Nombre de page : 256

Nombre d'illustration : 240

Dimensions : 24 x 30 cm

ISBN : 978-2-7596-0508-8

Date de publication : mars 2022

Langue : Français

Editeur : Paris Musées

Prix public : 39,90

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Boldini. Les plaisirs et les jours