Caillebotte, Gustave

Caillebotte, Gustave
(1848-1894)
   painter, collector
   Born in Paris, Gustave Caillebotte is known for his scenes of contemporary French urban life, especially of the Parisian upper middle class. He was a patron also of the impressionists, with whom he exhibited. His own work is characterized by its lack of sentimentality and use of the extraordinary perspectives of Paris, and especially of its boulevards. He also employed stylized and unconventional viewpoints, as in Les Raboteurs de parquet (1875). As a core member of the impressionist group, Caille-botte participated in the exhibitions of 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, and 1882. Caillebotte began to study painting in 1872 at the studio of léon bonnat and at the École des beaux-arts. In particular, he was influenced by edgar degas, especially in technique and perspective. In 1894, he donated his own collection of 67 impressionist masterpieces to the French government, whereupon he provoked a scandal—conservatives having condemned his gift as an affront to French art. Today this great legacy forms the central part of the collection at the Musée d'Orsay.

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  • CAILLEBOTTE (G.) — CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE (1848 1894) Peintre, collectionneur et mécène, Gustave Caillebotte illustre dans ces différentes activités le rayonnement de l’impressionnisme. S’il n’est pas, en effet, un des grands créateurs du mouvement, il en est un des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Caillebotte — Autoportrait von 1892 Gustave Caillebotte (* 19. August 1848 in Paris; † 21. Februar 1894 in Gennevilliers) war ein französischer Maler des Impressionismus und Kunstsammler. Leben Bereits mit 25 Jahren beerbte er seinen wohlhabenden Vat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gustave — /gus tahv/; Fr. /gyuus tannv /, n. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning staff of God. * * * (as used in expressions) Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant Caillebotte Gustave Courbet Gustave Doré Gustave Paul Flaubert Gustave Gamelin… …   Universalium

  • Gustave — (as used in expressions) Beauregard, P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) Caillebotte, Gustave Courbet, Gustave Doré, Gustave (Paul) Flaubert, Gustave Gamelin, Maurice (Gustave) Le Bon, Gustave Moreau, Gustave …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Caillebotte —   [kaj bɔt], Gustave, französischer Maler, * Paris 19. 8. 1848, ✝ Gennevilliers (bei Paris) 2. 3. 1894; malte Genrebilder, Landschaften, Porträts und Stillleben; Förderer der Impressionisten, vermachte seine kostbare Sammlung impressionistischer… …   Universal-Lexikon

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