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
Caillebotte, about age 30, c. 1878
Portrait de l'artiste (Self-portrait). c. 1892. Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Gustave Caillebotte (right) and his brother, Martial
Les raboteurs de parquet (1875), a controversial realist subject, Musée d'Orsay
Boating Party, also known as The Boating Party or Oarsman In A Top Hat, is an oil painting by the French painter Gustave Caillebotte. The painting is from a period in Caillebotte's career when he was
Gustave Caillebotte
…did not have an international retrospective of his work until 1994, 100 years after his death. In 2022, when France successfully attained possession of Boating Party, known for its close-up action perspective, through a National treasure of France declaration process, the country asserted the work's cultural…
Lyon 1er Musée des Beaux Arts Salle 229 Partie de bateau
It is compared favorably to Boating, 1874, Édouard Manet.
Oarsmen Rowing on the Yerres (1877), a similar subject by Caillebotte
Skiffs, 1877, National Gallery of Art