Giovanni Boldini. 50 works on paper

24 November 2018 - 02 February 2019

Exhibitions

Bologna

The exhibition presents a fine selection of works on paper from prestigious private collections, which reveal the expressive ability of the Ferrarese master in the art of drawing and engraving. Drawing is a technique Boldini experimented with since he was just a child, so much so that legend has it that he learnt how to draw before he learnt how to read. Anecdote aside, drawing was his daily rule of life, a categorical imperative that allowed him to investigate, analyze, and reproduce all the details of the surrounding environment that would set him free to experiment, far from his audience, new motifs, new compositive solutions and stylistic approaches