Impressionist painter of modern Parisian life
Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter and art patron. His Paris Street; Rainy Day is one of the most iconic works at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Oil on canvas, 1877
Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877) by Gustave Caillebotte. Oil on canvas.
Calf's Head and Ox Tongue
Oil on canvas, c. 1882
Calf's Head and Ox Tongue (c. 1882) by Gustave Caillebotte. Oil on canvas.
Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day
Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper, 1877
Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877) by Gustave Caillebotte. Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper.
Sketchbook
Sketchbook containing 40 drawings: 30 in graphite, 7 in watercolor over graphite, and 3 in graphite and brush and gray wash, on 40 sheets of cream wove paper bound in brown cloth, 1883
Sketchbook (June 1883–September 1887) by Gustave Caillebotte. Sketchbook containing 40 drawings: 30 in graphite, 7 in watercolor over graphite, and 3 in graphite and brush and gray wash, on 40 sheets of cream wove paper bound in brown cloth.
Self-Portrait with a Hat
Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper, c. 1879
Self-Portrait with a Hat (c. 1879) by Gustave Caillebotte. Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper.
Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra
Oil on canvas, 1875
Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (1875–76) by Gustave Moreau. Oil on canvas.
Alpine Scene
Oil on canvas, 1865
Alpine Scene (1865) by Gustave Doré. Oil on canvas.
Mère Grégoire
Oil on canvas, 1855
Mère Grégoire (1855, reworked 1857–59) by Gustave Courbet. Oil on canvas.
Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye
National Gallery of Art, Washington · Solo
Second Impressionist Exhibition
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris · Group
Art Studies, Painting
École des Beaux-Arts