Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845)

Aliases: Louis Léopold Boilly; Louis-Léopold Boilly

Professions: Painter; Lithographer

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  Louis Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)

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  Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassee 1761-1845 Paris)

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  Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)

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  * LOUIS-LÉOPOLD BOILLY LA BASSÉE NEAR LILLE 1761-1845 PARIS

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Louis-Leopold Boilly Biography

(b la bassée, nr lille, 5 july 1761; d paris, 4 jan 1845). french painter and printmaker. the son of a wood-carver, arnould boilly (1764–79), he lived in douai until 1778, when he went to arras to receive instruction in trompe l’oeil painting from dominique doncre (1743–1820). he moved to paris in 1785. between 1789 and 1791 he executed eight small scenes on moralizing and amorous subjects for the avignon collector esprit-claude-françois calvet (1728–1810), including the visit (1789; saint-omer, mus. hôtel sandelin). he exhibited at the salon between 1791 and 1824 and received a gold medal at the salon of 1804. from the beginning his genre subjects were extremely popular with the public and collectors. in 1833, at a time when his popularity was declining, he was admitted to the légion d’honneur and the institut de france.

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