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Louis-Léopold Boilly

Louis-Léopold Boilly was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings, he also produced a vast number of genre paintings vividly documenting French middle-class social life.

Boilly was born in La Bassée in northern France, the son of a local wood sculptor. A self-taught painter, Boilly began his career at a very young age, producing his first works at the age of twelve or thirteen. In 1774 he began to show his work to the Austin friars of Douai who were evidently impressed: within three years, the bishop of Arras invited the young man to work and study in his bishopric. While there, he produced a cascade of paintings – some three hundred small works of portraiture. He received instruction in trompe l'oeil painting from Dominique Doncre (1743–1820) before moving to Paris around 1787.

Boilly was a popular and celebrated painter of his time. He was among the first artists to produce lithographs, and became wealthy from the sale of his prints and paintings. He was awarded a medal by the Parisian Salon in 1804 for his work The Arrival of a Mail-coach in the Courtyard of the Messageries. In 1833 he was decorated as a chevalier of the nation's highest order, the Légion d'honneur.

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Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man (1837)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Portrait de Boilly par lui-même

Portrait de Boilly par lui-même (1832)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Hired Hands

Hired Hands (1822)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Study of Three Heads

Study of Three Heads (ca. 1823)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Portrait of a Boy

Portrait of a Boy (ca. 1805)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
The Present

The Present (1776 – 1845)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
The Unfounded Fear

The Unfounded Fear

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Portrait d’homme à la veste noire

Portrait d’homme à la veste noire

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
The Hurdy-Gurdy Player

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player (1822)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Portraits Of The Marquis De Rozay And His Family And Entourage, Including A Self-Portait Of The Artist

Portraits Of The Marquis De Rozay And His Family And Entourage, Including A Self-Portait Of The Artist

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
La tasse de chocolat (‘The Cup of Chocolate’)

La tasse de chocolat (‘The Cup of Chocolate’)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Malvina Mortier de Trévise

Malvina Mortier de Trévise (c. 1810-1812)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
L’arrestation du chanteur Garat ou rixe entre muscadins et sectionnaires

L’arrestation du chanteur Garat ou rixe entre muscadins et sectionnaires (1761 - 1845)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Compositional Drawing for ‘Entrance to the Jardin Turc’

Compositional Drawing for ‘Entrance to the Jardin Turc’ (1810–1812)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
The Dead Mouse

The Dead Mouse (1790s)

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
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