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Louis-Léopold Boilly (French pronunciation: [lwi leɔpɔl(d) bwɑji] ⓘ; 5 July 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a French painter and draftsman. A creator of popular portrait paintings , he also produced a vast number of genre paintings documenting French middle-class social life.
A Game of Billiards is an 1807 genre painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly. [1] Produced during the Napoleonic era, it depicts a game of billiards taking place in Paris. It is unusual for the fact both men and women are depicting playing the game. [2] The painting has been described as Boilly's "most celebrated genre painting". [3]
A painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly (ca. 1797). The woman has been interpreted as a prostitute (who is disdaining the inadequate coin proffered by the fashionable gentleman getting his shoes shined at left). In colloquial usage, contempt usually refers to either the act of despising, or having a general lack of respect for something. This set ...
The Sorrows of Love (French: Les Malheurs de l'amour) is a 1790 genre painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly. [1] [2] In the early stages of his career Boilly largely produced genre paintings and portraits before switching to the street scenes of Paris for which he is best known.
The Triumph of Marat (French: Le Triomphe de Marat) is an oil on canvas history painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, from 1794. [1] [2] It is in the collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, having been acquired in 1865. [3]
Departure of the Conscripts (French: Les conscrits de 1807 défilant devant la porte Saint-Denis) is an 1808 history painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly. [1] [2] [3] Set during the ongoing Napoleonic Wars, it depicts young men of the 1807 class of conscript being assembled in front of the Porte Saint-Denis monument in the city.
Meeting of Artists in Isabey's Studio (French: Réunion d'artistes dans l'atelier d'Isabey) is a 1798 oil painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly. [1] [2] A conversation piece, it presents a group of artist gathered in the Paris studio of Jean-Baptiste Isabey during the era of the French Directory. [3] It was exhibited at the Paris ...
Moving Day or The Movings (French: Les Déménagements) is an oil on canvas genre painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, from 1822. [1] It is held in the Art Institute of Chicago, having been acquired in 1982. [2]