Louis-Léopold Boilly

Painting, Visual Artist

1761 – 1845

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Who was Louis-Léopold Boilly?

Louis-Léopold Boilly was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings, 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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Born
Jul 5, 1761
La Bassée
Also known as
  • Leopold Boilly
Children
Nationality
  • France
Died
Jan 4, 1845
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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