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 +[[Image:La Toilette intime by Louis-Léopold Boilly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[La Toilette intime (Boilly)|La Toilette intime ]]'' by [[Louis-Léopold Boilly]]]]
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-'''Louis-Léopold Boilly''' ([[July 5]], [[1761]]-[[January 4]], [[1845]]) was a [[French painter]]. Before production of ''[[Quills]]'' began, [[costume design]]er Jacqueline West gave [[Kate Winslet]] a copy of Boilly's “Woman Ironing”[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jahsonic/2774470746/] to give her a feel for the character, which Winslet said greatly influenced her performance.+:''[[French caricature]]''
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 +'''Louis-Léopold Boilly''' (5 July 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a [[French painter]] and draftsman. A gifted creator of [[portrait painting]]s, [[trompe-l'œil]]s and occasional dashes of [[eroticism]]. He also produced a vast number of [[genre painting]]s vividly documenting French middle-class social life. His life and work spanned the eras of [[Ancien Regime|monarchical France]], the [[French Revolution]], the [[First French Empire|Napoleonic Empire]], the [[Bourbon Restoration]] and the [[July Monarchy]].
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 +==Life and career==
 +Boilly was born in [[La Bassée]] in northern France, the son of a local wood sculptor. A self-taught painter, Boilly began his career at a very young age, producing his first works at the age of twelve or thirteen. In 1774 he began to show his work to the [[Austin friars]] of [[Douai]] who were evidently impressed: within three years, the bishop of [[Arras]] invited the young man to work and study in his bishopric. While there, he produced a cascade of paintings – some three hundred small works of portraiture. He received instruction in ''[[trompe l'oeil]]'' painting from [[Dominique Doncre]] (1743–1820) before moving to [[Paris]] around 1787.
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 +Boilly was a popular and celebrated artist of his time. He was awarded a medal by the [[Paris Salon of 1804]] for his work ''The Arrival of a Mail-coach in the Courtyard of the Messageries''. In 1833 he was decorated as a ''chevalier'' of the nation's highest order, the [[Legion of Honour|''Legion d'Honneur'']].
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 +At the height of the [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Reign of Terror|Terror]] in 1794, Boilly was condemned by the [[Committee of Public Safety]] for the erotic undertones of his work. This offence was remedied by an eleventh-hour discovery in his home of the more patriotic ''[[Triumph of Marat]]'' (now in the [[Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille|Musée des Beaux Arts]], [[Lille]]) which saved him from serious penalties.
-==Sa vie et son œuvre== +Boilly died in Paris on 4 January 1845. His youngest son, Alphonse Boilly (1801–1867), was a professional [[Engraving|engraver]] who apprenticed in [[New York]] with [[Asher Brown Durand]].
-Issu d'un milieu modeste et fils d'un sculpteur sur bois, il est élevé à [[Douai]] jusqu'à l'âge de dix-sept ans, puis il étudie la peinture en [[trompe-l'œil]] à [[Arras]] auprès de [[Dominique Doncre]] avant de s'établir à Paris en [[1785]]. Pour vivre, il se fait portraitiste. Entre [[1789]] et [[1791]], il exécute une série de commandes pour le collectionneur [[avignon]]nais [[Esprit-Claude-François Calvet]]. Sa première manière rappelle le style sentimental ou moralisateur de [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze|Greuze]] et de [[Jean Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]] au {{XVIIIe siècle}}, genre auquel il intégre peu à peu la précision des maîtres hollandais du siècle précédent, dont il possède une importante collection. +
-Il expose pour la première fois au [[Salon de peinture|Salon]] de 1791 et se fait connaître tant pour ses portraits et ses peintures en trompe-l'œil que pour ses scènes de genre aux thèmes galants ou grivois. En [[1794]], il est dénoncé par le peintre [[Jean-Baptiste Wicar]], révolutionnaire puritain, et la Société républicaine des Arts menace de le faire poursuivre pour obscénité par le [[Comité de salut public]]. Il produit alors une série de toiles sur des sujets patriotiques, dont un ''Triomphe de [[Jean-Paul Marat|Marat]]'', auxquelles succèdent des tableaux représentant les Parisiens sous leurs différentes facettes, chez eux ou dans la rue. +==Style and works==
 +Boilly's early works showed a preference for amorous and moralising subjects. ''The Suitor's Gift'' is comparable to much of his work in the 1790s. His small-scale paintings with carefully mannered colouring and precise detailing recalled the work of [[Dutch genre painting|seventeenth-century Dutch genre painter]]s such as [[Gabriel Metsu]] (1629–1667), [[Willem van Mieris]] and [[Gerard ter Borch]] (1617–1681), of whose work Boilly owned an important collection.
 +After 1794, Boilly began to produce far more crowded compositions that serve as social chronicles.
 +Boilly was also well respected for his portraiture, producing many portraits of the middle classes and other famous contemporaries.
-Ces peintures minutieusement observées et exécutées reflètent toute la diversité de la vie urbaine, de ses costumes et de ses coutumes, entre la période révolutionnaire et la [[Restauration française|Restauration]]. Elles sont très appréciés par le public du Salon, qui lui attribue une médaille d'or en [[1804]]. En [[1823]], Boilly produit une série de [[lithographie]]s humoristiques intitulée ''Les Grimaces''. Il est fait chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] et devient membre de l'[[Institut de France]] en [[1833]]. Son œuvre, qui compte au total environ cinq mille portraits et cinq cents scènes de genre, passe de mode après la Restauration. Elle est surtout appréciée aujourd'hui pour son intérêt documentaire.+Boilly remains a highly regarded master of [[oil painting]]. A major exhibition of his work, ''The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly: Modern Life in Napoleonic France'', travelled to the United States where it was shown at both the [[Kimbell Art Museum]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] (1995). The Musée des Beaux Arts in Lille has released plans for another large-scale exhibition of Boilly's work for the winter season of 2011–2012.
-Ses trois fils, Julien Léopold (1796-1874), Édouard (1799-1854) et Alphonse Léopold (1801-1867), sont également artistes peintres.+==List of works==
 +*''[[Woman Ironing]]''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jahsonic/2774470746/]
 +*''[[Les Grimaces]]''
 +*''[[La Toilette intime (Boilly)]]''
 +*''[[Les galeries du palais royal]]''
 +*''[[La Lecture (Louis-Léopold Boilly)]]''
 +*''[[Gabrielle Arnault as a Child]]''
 +*"[[Tartini's Dream]]". Illustration of the legend behind Giuseppe Tartini's "[[Devil's Trill Sonata]]".[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Songe_de_Tartini_par_Louis-L%C3%A9opold_Boilly_1824.jpg]
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Louis-Léopold Boilly (5 July 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of portrait paintings, trompe-l'œils and occasional dashes of eroticism. He also produced a vast number of genre paintings vividly documenting French middle-class social life. His life and work spanned the eras of monarchical France, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Empire, the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy.

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Life and career

Boilly was born in La Bassée in northern France, the son of a local wood sculptor. A self-taught painter, Boilly began his career at a very young age, producing his first works at the age of twelve or thirteen. In 1774 he began to show his work to the Austin friars of Douai who were evidently impressed: within three years, the bishop of Arras invited the young man to work and study in his bishopric. While there, he produced a cascade of paintings – some three hundred small works of portraiture. He received instruction in trompe l'oeil painting from Dominique Doncre (1743–1820) before moving to Paris around 1787.

Boilly was a popular and celebrated artist of his time. He was awarded a medal by the Paris Salon of 1804 for his work The Arrival of a Mail-coach in the Courtyard of the Messageries. In 1833 he was decorated as a chevalier of the nation's highest order, the Legion d'Honneur.

At the height of the revolutionary Terror in 1794, Boilly was condemned by the Committee of Public Safety for the erotic undertones of his work. This offence was remedied by an eleventh-hour discovery in his home of the more patriotic Triumph of Marat (now in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Lille) which saved him from serious penalties.

Boilly died in Paris on 4 January 1845. His youngest son, Alphonse Boilly (1801–1867), was a professional engraver who apprenticed in New York with Asher Brown Durand.

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Style and works

Boilly's early works showed a preference for amorous and moralising subjects. The Suitor's Gift is comparable to much of his work in the 1790s. His small-scale paintings with carefully mannered colouring and precise detailing recalled the work of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painters such as Gabriel Metsu (1629–1667), Willem van Mieris and Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), of whose work Boilly owned an important collection. After 1794, Boilly began to produce far more crowded compositions that serve as social chronicles. Boilly was also well respected for his portraiture, producing many portraits of the middle classes and other famous contemporaries.

Boilly remains a highly regarded master of oil painting. A major exhibition of his work, The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly: Modern Life in Napoleonic France, travelled to the United States where it was shown at both the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and the National Gallery of Art in Washington (1995). The Musée des Beaux Arts in Lille has released plans for another large-scale exhibition of Boilly's work for the winter season of 2011–2012.

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List of works


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