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| Giovanni Boldini, portrait of the caricaturist "Sem" (Georges Goursat, 1863–1934) |
In 1876 Boldini visited Holland, where he studied paintings by Frans Hals. Afterward he developed a style that featured boldly slashing brushstrokes and subjects in informal, offhand poses. A 1933 article in Time magazine called him "The Master of Swish."
Artists were always painting and sketching each other when they got together. Sem caricatured his friend Boldini in return.
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Saw a lot of Boldini paintings during several visits to Italy. This article seems to say that a great deal of Boldini's "Slashing" style comes from Franz Hals.
Thank you for introducing me to this artist. I googled him and looked at his fantastic paintings. I'm now a fan.
That's interesting to hear about Boldini's "boldly slashing brushstrokes", adopted after seeing the paintings of Frans Hals.
Made me remember a Max Liebermann quotation - saying that "Frans Hals had all his imagination at the tip of his brush".
Something in that vein.
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