French Second Republic
•
2 views
Gustave Caillebotte
Paris, French Second Republic
Archival Overview
Pioneering Impressionist painter of Haussmann's modern Paris ('Paris Street; Rainy Day') and generous patron whose bequest founded the national Impressionist collection in the Musée d'Orsay.
Biographical Record
Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894 CE) was an independently wealthy naval architect who financed the Impressionist exhibitions and bought his struggling friends' canvases (Monet, Renoir, Pissarro).
An extraordinary painter in his own right, his radical tilted perspectives, dramatic wide-angle views, and bold realism in The Floor Scrapers and Paris Street; Rainy Day defined modern Parisian urbanity.
Key Life Milestones
The Floor Scrapers (Les Raboteurs de parquet)
Painted shirtless workmen scraping wood floors, rejected by the Salon as 'vulgar' but celebrated at the 1876 Impressionist exhibition.
Paris Street; Rainy Day (Rue de Paris, temps de pluie)
Exhibited his monumental masterpiece at the Third Impressionist Exhibition, celebrated for its cinematic perspective.
Memorial Guestbook & Tributes
0 messages recordedLeave a Respectful Tribute
Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialParis, France