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Périssoires (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Périssoires (Canoes) 1878 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 108.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes The training of Caillebotte, a student of Bonnat, seemed so short to the critic Émile Porcheron that he accused him of “tortizing perspective”. But…

Les orangers (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Les orangers (The Orange Trees) 1878 Oil on canvas, 154.94 x 116.84 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston With brilliant hues of reds, greens, purples, and yellows, laid down in the flickering brushwork typical of Impressionism, Gustave Caillebotte…

Le Pont de l’Europe, esquisse (c.1876)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Pont de l’Europe, esquisse (Pont de l’Europe, Sketch) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 33 cm x 45.7 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes The work of the impressionist Gustave Caillebotte, who participated that year in the second impressionist…

Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” (1876)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” (Study for “Le Pont de l’Europe”) 1876 Oil on canvas, 83.18 x 122.56 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During his time, Gustave Caillebotte was best known as an enthusiastic collector and…

Le Pont de l’Europe (1876)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Pont de l’Europe 1876 Oil on canvas, 124.8 x 180.7 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Compare: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” 1876 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le pont de l’Europe…

Jeune homme à sa fenêtre (1876)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Jeune homme à sa fenêtre (Young Man at His Window) 1876 Oil on canvas, 116 x 81 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This painting presents a young man in a dark suit standing at a large open window…

Un homme à son bain (1884)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Un homme à son bain (Man at His Bath) 1884 Oil on canvas, 144.8 x 114.3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston This painting presents an unusually intimate scene from everyday life at the grand scale once reserved…