GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE

The book features fifty of Caillebottes strongest paintings, including post-conservation images of Paris Street/ Rainy Day, along w ith The Floorscrapers and Pont de lEurope, all of which date from a particularly fertile period between 1875 and 1882. The artist w as criticized at the time for being too realistic and not impressionistic enough, but he was a pioneer in adopting the angled perspe ctive of a modern camera to compose his scenes. Caillebottes skill and originality are evident even in the books reproductions, an d the essays...[Leer más]