Paesaggio padano

Details

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
Paesaggio padano
signed 'Boldini' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
9 7/8 x 14 in. (25 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

Paul Vogel, Luzern.
His sale, Christie's London, 24 November 1988, lot 151.

Literature

P. Dini & F. Fini, Boldini 1842-1931: Catalogo ragionato, Turin, 2003, p. 502, no. 972 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The present work was inspired by the plein air experience Boldini gained whilst working with Giuseppe Abbati and Giovanni Fattori in 1867; it is thought to date, however, to the late 1870s. Boldini had moved to Paris and had formed close friendships with a number of prominent French Impressionists, such as Edward Degas. Boldini first exhibited at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1874, and his reputation in the years following was based largely upon his society portraits. Paesaggio padano, however, is of a more informal style and the artist's loose brushstrokes show the influence of Impressionism.

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