Gustave Caillebotte

by Fonsmark, Anne-Birgitte

• ISBN13: 9783775721912
• ISBN10: 3775721916
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-28
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

"Roughly fifty paintings and drawings provide a comprehensive look at Caillebotte the painter. His work as a boat-builder 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Gustave Caillebotte: In the Midst of Impresionism	p. 11
An Introduction
Media Differences: Caillebotte and Maupassant as Storytellers	p. 21
Caillebotte and Monet: Some Contrasts and Conjunctions	p. 31
Catalogue	p. 43
Paintings and Drawings: With comments by Dorothee Hansen and Gry Hedin
A Refuge in the Modern City: Caillebotte and His Family	p. 44
The Modern Worker: Focus on the Figure	p. 50
Radical Perspectives I: Visions of Modern Paris	p. 56
Country Life in Yerres: Figures on Water	p. 66
Dramatic Perspectives II: The Coast of Normandy	p. 78
Impressionist Style: Motifs along the Seine	p. 86
House and Garden in Petit Gennevilliers	p. 94
Boats on the Water: The Argenteuil Basin	p. 100
Caillebotte and Boating	p. 107
Half-Models, Constructions Plans, and Photographs: With comments by Daniel Charles
Gustave Caillebotte Biography: A Humanist Fascinated by Water	p. 134
Selected Bibliography	p. 138
Photo Credits	p. 139
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