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BOILLY, Louis Leopold (Prolific painter known for his genre scenes of Parisian life and society during the Revolution and the French Empire. He is also noted for his pioneering use of lithography. Louis-Leopold Boilly’s father was a wood-carver and he thus came from a modest family. He studied painting as a teenager before moving to Paris in 1785. His slightly erotic genre scenes were popular among many Parisian patrons. After one of his paintings was condemned as obscenity in 1794 and threatened him with imprisonment, Boilly’s began painting social scenes. He created images of the Parisian Salon lifestyle with great detail of expression, gesture, costuming, and textiles.)
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 27689
Creation/Production
BOILLY, Louis Leopold
DELPECH, Francois Seraphin
Acquisition
Gift, 4/3/1960
Given by Miss Mabel E. Howell
Measurements
h(cm) image size:22
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:19
w(cm)
h(cm) primary support:27.3
h(cm)
w(cm) primary support:21.3
w(cm)
Techniques
colour lithograph on paper
lithograph
Planographic printing
prints
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
Paper
ink
Location
In store
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