When Gustave Caillebotte was a child in Paris in the mid-1800s, he had no real intentions of becoming a painter. He earned a law degree in 1868 and began his practice two years later. The art world ...
Since it was acquired in 1964, Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day” has become all but synonymous with the Art Institute. It appears in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and in ...
Monet … Degas … Renoir. When we think of French Impressionism, it's the usual suspects who spring to mind. But one lesser-known artist is ripe for rediscovery ...
In a sea of reds, the Art Institute of Chicago’s “Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World” explored the wide variety of interests and works of the famous impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte in a ...
Five little-known works by the Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte, which belonged to the artist’s butler, are now on view at the Musée d’Orsay. They are a remarkable gift made by the great ...
Beginning June 29, the Art Institute of Chicago will be showcasing the art of Gustave Caillebotte in a major exhibition that explores the very personal interests and relationships that shaped his ...
French Impressionism has a remarkable and, it seems, endlessly renewable currency in contemporary museum culture. The recent show of Van Gogh nocturnes at MoMA spawned an agitated, gelatinous daily ...
Gustave Caillebotte was more than an artist. Born to wealthy judge-turned-businessman Martial Caillebotte, he used his family inheritance to amass an incredible collection of 38 paintings from artists ...
It’s been 150 years since Monet and the Impressionists shocked Paris with their rebellious Société Anonyme show. How well do you know those once-revolutionary smudges? By Josephine Sedgwick The art ...
We read with interest Hannah Edgar’s feature “How light a touch is too light?” (Aug. 3) about the handling of Gustave Caillebotte’s sexuality by the Art Institute and the renaming of the exhibition ...