Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte is a French impressionist painter. His representative works are those depicting everyday urban scenes.

Biography of Gustave Caillebotte

• Born in Paris on August 19, 1848
• In the 1870s, he became friends with Monet and others and became interested in Impressionism.
• In 1877, he exhibited works at the Salon, but received negative reviews.
• Died prematurely on February 21, 1894 in Gennevilliers (Paris suburb)

Representative works

• "Paris Street , Rainy Day" 1877
• "The Floor Scrapers", 1875
• "The Pruning of the Orangery Trees" ("Les Laborers de parquet"), 1875

A notable feature of Caillebotte's work is his vivid depiction of everyday urban life. "Paris Street, Rain" is a beautiful depiction of a rain-soaked cobblestone street, and is considered the work that established the Impressionist technique. He also focused on the backs and gestures of the people, realistically capturing the figures of workers such as floor scrapers. There was also something fresh about his composition of the screen and his handling of perspective, capturing a moment of everyday life with his own unique compositions. He became a solitary figure in his later years, but was reevaluated in the 20th century. He was an important Impressionist artist who combined realism with new sensibilities.