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Paris, A Rainy Day, 1877by Gustave Caillebotte
32" x 28" Framed Artwork Frame
Paris, A Rainy Day, 1877by Gustave Caillebotte
20" x 18" Framed Artwork Frame
Paris, A Rainy Day, 1877by Gustave Caillebotte
30" x 25" Framed Artwork Frame
Paris, a Rainy Day, 1877by Gustave Caillebotte
16" x 13" Framed Artwork Frame
Floor Scrapers [Raboteurs de parquet], 1875by Gustave Caillebotte
17" x 14" Framed Artwork Frame
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Gustave Caillebotte (Born 1848) was born in Parish. He earned a degree in law in 1868 and a license to practice law in 1870. He was shortly after drafted to fight in the Franco-Prussian war where he served in the Mobile National Guard of the Seine (Garde Nationale Mobile de la Seine). After the war, he began visiting the studio of Leon Bonnat (painter), where he began to study painting seriously. He developed an accomplished style in a relatively short period of time and had his first studio in his parents' home. He also met and befriended many artists who were working outside the official French Academy. The "Impressionists" - also referred to as the "Intentionalists", "Intransigents", and "Independents" - had broken away from the academic painters. Caillebotte made his debut in the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876 where he showed 8 paintings including his earliest masterpiece titled Floor-scrapers. His style was strongly influenced by his Impressionist associates but it belongs to the School of Realism. Caillebotte strived to paint reality as he saw it and as it existed, hoping to reduce the inherent theatricality of painting. In common with his contemporary Degas, as well as his precursors, Gustave Courbet, Jean- and Francois Millet, the artist aimed to paint reality as he saw it and as it existed, hoping to reduce the inherent theatricality of painting. This made his art to be the first choice among collectors, especially the ready to hang framed Gustave Caillebotte art. His still-life paintings focused primarily on food, some ready to be purchased and some at table ready to be eaten. He also produced some floral still life paintings, and a few nudes.