French artist whose paintings survived raid to get first UK show

National Gallery to show Louis-Léopold Boilly works that hung in house targeted by robbers

The first exhibition in the UK of an artist who almost lost his head in the French Revolution, and whose paintings survived the biggest domestic art and antiques raid in UK history, will be seen next year at the National Gallery in London.

The paintings by Louis-Léopold Boilly were all owned by the late property billionaire Harry Hyams, who changed the London skyline forever when he built the Centre Point tower in the 1960s.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2sv1ir9