Friday, October 4, 2024

Gustave Caillebotte
(1848 - 1894)
 
Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebotte was known for his early interest in photography as an art form.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Caillebotte



Jeune homme à sa fenêtre (Young Man at His Window)
1876
Oil on canvas
117 x 82 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.

The painting depicts the artist's brother, René Caillebotte, wearing informal clothes and standing at a balcony. He is standing at a window from the family home in the Rue de Miromesnil in Paris, looking outwards into Boulevard Malesherbes (the large, oblique cross-street in the background). It is a comparatively early work in Caillebotte's oeuvre and reveals his interest in urban Realism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Man_at_His_Window

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