Clark Art Schedules Giovanni Boldini Exhibition Feb. 14 – April 25, 2010
http://www.clarkart.edu/exhibitions/boldini/The schedule at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA from Feb. 14 – April 25, 2010 features Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, an exhibition of seventy oil paintings and drawings that illuminate the Italian artist’s early career.
During his lifetime, the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) achieved tremendous popularity in Europe and the United States, where he was celebrated for his vibrant brushwork and striking portraits. The exhibition Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris illuminates Boldini’s early career when he lived in Paris and painted the city’s bustling streets, cafes, and concert halls, as well as charming scenes of its sunny suburban landscapes, while developing his unique style. Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, the first Boldini exhibition in the United States in twenty years, opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on February 14, 2010.
Through approximately seventy oil paintings and drawings, Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris presents an innovative look at Boldini’s Paris-its places of entertainment and leisure, its inhabitants, and its environs-at a time when the Impressionists were investigating the same sites and subjects.
The remarkable works featured in the exhibition demonstrate Boldini’s wide-ranging interest in both traditional and innovative art, historic as well as contemporary practices. The exhibition is organized thematically and includes landscapes, cityscapes, nightlife and genre scenes, and casual and formal portraits. In addition, five Clark works by Ernest Meissonier, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Edouard Manet make evident the influence of Impressionists and others on Boldini’s early work.
The Clark houses the largest number of works by Boldini in the United States. Sterling Clark purchased most of his works by Boldini during the artist’s lifetime, several of them in Paris while both men were living there when the artist was at the height of his popularity.
The Exhibit catalog is available at www.dickbellbookmaven..com.
Giovanni Boldini Place Clichy
Giovanni Boldini The Return of the Fishing Boats, Etretat