Even art lovers are not intimately familiar with French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), despite his name being firmly connected to those of Claude Monet,Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. Caillebotte worked closely with his artist friends and exhibited his work alongside theirs; however, he first gained prominence as a passionate collector of their paintings.

This publication is an invitation to (re)discover an im

portant Impressionist, who for at least the past fifteen years

has been widely celebrated as the painter of the modern

metropolis of Paris...

Even art lovers are not intimately familiar with French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), despite his name being firmly connected to those of Claude Monet,Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. Caillebotte worked closely with his artist friends and exhibited his work alongside theirs; however, he first gained prominence as a passionate collector of their paintings.

This publication is an invitation to (re)discover an important Impressionist, who for at least the past fifteen years has been widely celebrated as the painter of the modern metropolis of Paris. Caillebotte was also an avid rower and sailor, and for the first time, the focus is on his marked preference for river scenes and seascapes: colorful, glowing depictions of rowers on the Yerres, the Normandy coast, the banks of the Seine, and the sailboats at Argenteuil.

Roughly fifty paintings and drawings provide a comprehensive look at Caillebotte the painter. His work as a boatbuilder is also documented in historical photographs,design drawings, models for yachts, and an informative essay. Caillebotte's paintings are divided into eight thematic groups and described in brief sketches. Here as well, his subjects are examined in relation to those of Claude Monet and Guy de Maupassant, who also dealt with the theme of life on the water in their works. A richly illustrated biography rounds out the picture of this long-neglected painter.

Foreword and Acknowledgements

Gustave Caillebotte:

In the Midst of Impresionism

An Introduction

Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark

Media Differences:

Caillebotte and Maupassant as Storytellers

Peter Burger

Caillebotte and Monet:

Some Contrasts and Conjunctions

Richard Thomson

Catalogue

Paintings and Drawings

With comments by Dorothee Hansen and Gry Hedin

A Refuge in the Modern City:

Caillebotte and His Family

The Modern Worker: Focus on the Figure

Radical Perspectives I: Visions of Modern Paris

Country Life in Yerres: Figures on Water

Dramatic Perspectives Ih The Coast of Normandy

Impressionist Style: Motifs along the Seine

House and Garden in Petit Gennevilliers

Boats on the Water: The Argenteuil Basin

Caillebotte and Boating

Daniel Charles

Half-Models, Constructions Plans,

and Photographs

With comments by Daniel Charles

Gustave Caillebotte Biography:

A Humanist Fascinated by Water

Gilles Chardeau

Selected Bibliography

Photo Credits