Title: The art of Louis-Léopold Boilly
First published: 1995
Description: Boilly has long been recognized as the most significant painter of everyday life in Napoleonic France. His portraits and genre scenes provide delightful illustrations of the period. In this book, Susan Siegfried argues that Boilly's paintings should be read not just for their documentary detail but also for their wider cultural significance - for the light they shed on social and sexual tensions of the era.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, French Genre painting, Genre painting, French, Pictorial works, Social life and customs, Genre painting, France, social life and customs, Painting, french
Places: France
People: Louis Boilly (1761-1845)
Time periods: 1789-1815, 18th century, 19th century
LC classification: ND553.B57 S56 1995