Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school and was a contemporary of Whistler and Sargent.
He was a virtuoso portraitist close to Degas and Proust, and one of the greatest glories of Paris from the early 20th century. This retrospective shines a light on the relationships of Boldini with the society, fashion and luxury, celebrities and the European aristocracy, models and lovers, artists and writers.