About Julien-Léopold Boilly
Lived 1796 – 1874 (aged 77). Julien-Léopold Boilly was a French lithographer, painter and etcher.
Julien-Léopold Boilly (; 30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut containing watercolor caricatures of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, the only known portrait of him.
Life Born in Paris on 30 August 1796, he was a son of the genial painter-engraver Louis-Léopold Boilly. Admitted to the lycée at Versailles 15 December 1806, he painted portraits and illustrated books with lithographs. He also collected autographs. He died on 14 June 1874.
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Who was Julien-Léopold Boilly?
painter (1796-1874)
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Julien-Léopold Boilly was born on 30 August 1796 in Paris, former 6th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Julien-Léopold Boilly die?
Julien-Léopold Boilly died on 4 June 1874 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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Julien-Léopold Boilly was a lithographer, painter and etcher.
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Julien-Léopold Boilly was French.
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