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Gustave Caillebotte Analysis

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Gustave Caillebotte was born on August 19, 1848. He first began studying painting when he started going to Leon Bonnat’s studio. Caillebotte’s very first studio was in his parents’, Martial Caillebotte and Celeste Daufresne, home. When Caillebotte’s father passed in 1874, he inherited his money. Caillebotte showed his first piece “Floor-scrapers” in the 1876 Impressionism exhibition. Caillebotte has a realistic style but was inspired by the Impressionism style. This painting in particular is in the Impressionism category. Caillebotte painted a lot of standard subject matter. A lot of his pieces are images of family members.
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