The Singer Mondana

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931) ~ The Singer Mondana, 1884. (Oil on canvas) – Boldini was a painter, draftsman, landscapist, and portraitist who concentrated on scenes of Parisian life and pictures of elegantly dressed women. Boldini was accepted as one of the foremost portrait painters of the Belle Epoque in Paris during the 1890’s. His unique style set him apart from his contemporaries. “… Boldini had perfected a ‘whiplash’ style by which the model appeared to be thrown onto the canvas… All his nervous energy… was thrown at the canvas.” (NégyArt, Szingy Books)