tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post3765962054755889777..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Boldini's French Plein-AirsJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-76392636056214858342017-07-14T13:54:17.012-04:002017-07-14T13:54:17.012-04:00I was lucky enough to see a large Boldini exhibiti...I was lucky enough to see a large Boldini exhibition in Rome this year. The details in some of his smaller paintings are quite exquisite, and it was interesting to see his change of style from this tight earlier work to a much looser style.<br />I suspect he sketched on location and finished up in the studio using these studies, perhaps with the exception of his portraits which he likely did entirely from life. I base this assumption on a few paintings where there are two versions: a loose study and a more carefully rendered one.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120455549012225566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-52831932417034548022017-07-10T14:12:50.531-04:002017-07-10T14:12:50.531-04:00Wonderful post. Thanks. There is a beautiful Boldi...Wonderful post. Thanks. There is a beautiful Boldini landscape in the <a href="http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102975.html?mulR=583230547%7C2" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>. If feels a bit finished (and large) to be painted on location, but it appears to be of a specific place: <br /><br />It was loaned to the Clark for the exhibit from which the book you reference was prepared.<br /><br />(Larger, but low quality image <a href="http://www.artfixdaily.com/images/pr/jan11_Highway%20of%20Combes-la-Ville%20-%20Giovanni%20Boldin.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> from <a href="http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/giovanni-boldini-in-impressionist-paris-opens-february-14-at-the-clark---first-boldini-exhibition-in-the-united-states-in-twenty" rel="nofollow">this article</a>.)Charley parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704511624881714705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54650830316995641692017-07-10T08:32:49.661-04:002017-07-10T08:32:49.661-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Charley parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704511624881714705noreply@blogger.com