Gustave Caillebotte : painting the Paris of naturalism, 1872-1887 / Michael Marrinan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marrinan, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894.

Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894.

Caillebotte, Gustave.

Painters--France--Biography.

Painters.

Naturalism in art.

France.

Naturalism in art--France.

Naturalism in literature.

Paris (France)--History--19th century.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2016]

Summary:

"Gustave Caillebotte (1848 1894), the son of a wealthy businessman, is perhaps best known as the painter who organized and funded several of the groundbreaking exhibitions of the Impressionist painters, collected their works, and ensured the Impressionists presence in the French national museums by bequeathing his own personal collection. Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and sharing artistic sympathies with his renegade friends, Caillebotte painted a series of extraordinary pictures inspired by the look and feel of modern Paris that also grappled with his own place in the Parisian art scene. 'Gustave Caillebotte: Painting the Paris of Naturalism, 1872 1887' is the first book to study the life and artistic development of this painter in depth and in the context of the urban life and upper-class Paris that shaped the man and his work. Michael Marrinan's ambitious study draws upon new documents and establishes compelling connections between Caillebotte's painting and literature, commerce, and technology. It offers new ways of thinking about Paris and its changing development in the nineteenth century, exploring the cultural context of Parisian bachelor life and revealing layers of meaning in upscale privilege ranging from haute cuisine to sport and relaxation. Marrinan has written what is sure to be a central text for the study of nineteenth-century art and culture."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Faubourg Saint-Denis

Caillebotte's Paris

Rue de Miromesnil

Rue de Vienne

Rue de Turin

Rue le Peletier

Avenue de l'Opéra

Boulevard Haussmann

Bachelors

Bodies

Commerce

Excursions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-376) and index.

ISBN:

9781606065075

1606065076

OCLC:

951190151

Publisher Number:

99973180880