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Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) 
Aliases: Jean Boldini
Professions: Painter; Etcher
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GIOVANNI BOLDINI (Italian, 1842-1931)
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GIOVANNI BOLDINI
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GIOVANNI BOLDINI ITALIAN, 1842-1931 PORTRAIT OF MRS. HOWARD JOHNSTON
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GIOVANNI BOLDINI ITALIAN, 1842-1931 PORTRAIT OF MADAME HUGO AND HER SON
Biography: Boldini
(b Ferrara, 31 Dec 1842; d Paris, 11 Jan 1931). Italian painter and printmaker. He received his earliest training from his father, the painter Antonio Boldini (1799–1872). From 1858 he may have attended courses given by Girolamo Domenichini (1813–91) and Giovanni Pagliarini (?1809–78) at the Civico Ateneo di Palazzo dei Diamanti, where he assiduously copied Old Masters. At 18 he was already known in Ferrara as an accomplished portrait painter. In 1862 he went to Florence, where he sporadically attended the Scuola del Nudo at the Accademia di Belle Arti. He frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, a meeting-place of progressive artists, where he came into contact with the MACCHIAIOLI group of artists.
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