Paris Street Rainy Day 1877
Rue de paris temps de pluie is a large 1877 oil painting by the french artist gustave caillebotte 1848 1894 and is his best known work.
Paris street rainy day 1877. Rainy day 1877 was created during a pivotal time in the artist s career. Rainy day is an intriguing view of a less optimistic side of paris often expressed in the paintings of the impressionists. Perhaps one of the most recognisable paintings of 19 th century france gustave caillebote s paris street. Worcester collection reference number 1964 336 extended information about this artwork.
Rainy day origin paris date made 1877 medium oil on canvas inscriptions inscribed at lower left. Rainy day is discussed. Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street. Chrysler jr who in 1964 resold it to the art institute of chicago.
Rainy day fits into the genre to answer this question we must first look at the painting s context beginning with the story of its creator. With such a seemingly disparate aesthetic however you may be wondering how paris street. The street is. Gustave caillebotte s best known work paris street.
The quick and loose brushwork of claude monet or pierre auguste renoir emphasized motion and the fleeting effects of light on the surface. Rainy day above painted in 1877 shows a vast cobblestone street stretching out in front of looming wedge shaped buildings. It shows a number of individuals walking through the place de dublin then known as the carrefour de moscou at an intersection to the east of the gare saint lazare in north paris. Despite this caillebotte.
In 1955 it was purchased by walter p. Rainy day is one of gustave caillebotte s most celebrated paintings and a key piece of impressionism. Rainy day 1877 oil on canvas 83 1 2 x 108 3 4 inches 212 2 x 276 2 cm the art institute of chicago. Caillebotte also painted portraits and figure studies boating scenes and rural landscapes and decorative studies of flowers.
It does not take long to realise that caillebotte s work is not typical of the overall impressionist style. He trained to become an engineer but later changed his mind and studied art at the école des beaux arts academy of fine arts a traditional art school focused on classical ideals. Other articles where paris street. View this work up close on the google art project.
Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a rainy day. Displayed at the third of the impressionist exhibitions held in april 1877 paris street rainy day was kept within the family until the mid twentieth century. Painted in 1877 paris street. 1877 dimensions 212 2 276 2 cm 83 1 2 108 3 4 in credit line charles h.