Tag: scene

Partie de bateau (c.1877-1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Partie de bateau, dit Canotier au chapeau haut de forme (Boating Party, or Canotier with the top hat) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris « Partie de bateau » or « Canotier au…

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…

Boulevard des Italiens (c.1880)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Boulevard des Italiens c.1880 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard des Italiens | Paris (France) | Streets | Streets (Paris)

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…

Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (1877)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Oil on canvas, 212.2 x 276.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This complex intersection, just minutes away from the Saint-Lazare train station, represents in microcosm the changing…

Skiff sur la rivière Yerres (c.1877)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Skiff sur la rivière Yerres (Skiff on the Yerres River) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 81 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In 1877 and 1878, Gustave Caillebotte made a number of pictures of swimmers, oarsmen and rowers…

Dans un café (1880)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Dans un café (In a Café) 1880 Oil on canvas, 153 x 114 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Caillebotte presented this café scene, typical of modern life, at the fifth Impressionist Exhibition. A life-sized male figure dominates the…

Minerva in atto di abbigliarsi (1613)

Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Minerva in atto di abbigliarsi (Minerva Dressing) 1613 Oil on canvas, 258 x 190 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The work, which dates back to 1613, was painted in Rome, evoked here through the dome of St. Peter’s visible…