Louis-Léopold Boilly

Posted Sep 10, 2007 at 20:42 CEST in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

Self portrait, 1795.

French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly on Wikipedia. The wikipedia article is pretty much empty though, so here’s another link with a short biography.

More paintings after the cut.

Edit: Updated this post with more paintings and better quality pictures.

Lady at her toilette.

Prelude.

The improvised concert, or The price of harmony, 1790.

The jealous old man, 1791.

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The sorrows of love, 1790.

Those who inspire love extinguish it, or The philosopher, 1790.

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Woman showing her portrait, ca. 1790.

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Couple with an escaped bird.

At the entrance, 1796-1798.

The painter, mid 1780s.

The Gohin family, 1787.

The Visit Received, 1789.

The joy of motherhood, 1796. This painting was posted in a Livejournal community as being by Van Gorp, but I think there’s a possibility it might actually be by Boilly or at least be a copy of his work.

4 comments on “Louis-Léopold Boilly ”

soffs

Jan 5, 2010 at 09:15 CET

Michelle Scrimpsher, shadowofdolls.com

do you have any info on the men’s coat in the Self portrait Louis-Léopold Boilly. I have been looking for a pattern or just more info on it but I’m finding very litter.

Jan 5, 2010 at 11:15 CET

Johanna, johannaost.com

I have no idea about patterns but it’s a late 1790s regency style. Just look around in costume books and fashion plates and I’m sure you will find some very similar ones. I just picked up the book closest to me (Costume and Fashion by James Laver) and there’s a full length picture of a coat of the same sort on page 151.