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Giovanni Boldini

1842 - 1931

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Giovanni Boldini (31 December 1842 – 11 January 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Boldini is the 486th most popular painter (down from 465th in 2019), the 1,430th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,380th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Italian Painter.

Giovanni Boldini is most famous for his paintings and drawings of beautiful women.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Boldini ranks 486 out of 2,023. Before him are Cosimo Tura, Wilhelm Busch, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Ernest Meissonier, Séraphine Louis, and Jan van Scorel. After him are Maerten de Vos, Cennino Cennini, Théodore Chassériau, Maria Prymachenko, Matthäus Merian, and Grant Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Giovanni Boldini ranks 30. Before him are Édouard Lucas, Jean Gaston Darboux, Carl von Linde, Giovanni Giolitti, Johannes Zukertort, and Arkhip Kuindzhi. After him are Mykola Lysenko, Charles W. Alcock, Alphonse Borrelly, Nikolaos Gyzis, Ōyama Iwao, and Gaston, Count of Eu. Among people deceased in 1931, Giovanni Boldini ranks 32. Before him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Vincent d'Indy, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Martinus Beijerinck, and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. After him are Auguste Forel, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, André Michelin, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, and Santiago Rusiñol.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Boldini ranks 1,430 out of 5,161. Before him are Marco Ferreri (1928), Francesco Durante (1684), Saint Marcella (325), Saint Chrysogonus (250), Giovanni Ceva (1647), and Odoric of Pordenone (1286). After him are Ludovico Manin (1725), Giovanni Villani (1276), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Enrico Berlinguer (1922), Ascanio Sobrero (1812), and Cennino Cennini (1360).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Boldini ranks 127. Before him are Cristofano Allori (1577), Jacopo de' Barbari (1460), Giulio Clovio (1498), Giovanni Lanfranco (1582), Mariotto Albertinelli (1474), and Cosimo Tura (1430). After him are Cennino Cennini (1360), Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467), Carlo Dolci (1616), Pompeo Batoni (1708), Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486), and Alesso Baldovinetti (1425).

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