The Floor Scrapers By Caillebotte

Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street.

The floor scrapers by caillebotte.

Parmi giuntini director of art history otis college. Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street. Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a. Les raboteurs de parquet english title.

Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a rainy day. Gustave caillebotte the floor scrapers les raboteurs de parquet 1875 oil on canvas 102 x 146 5 cm musée d orsay paris. Daylight enters the room from a window on the far wall. The iron bridge depicted in the pont de l europe 1876 typifies this interest in the modern urban environment and the floor scrapers 1875 is a realistic scene of urban craftsmen busily at work.

Les raboteurs de parquet the floor planers this painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. Gustave caillebotte was born on 19 august 1848 to an upper class parisian family living in the rue du faubourg saint denis his father martial caillebotte 1799 1874 was the inheritor of the family s military textile business and was also a judge at the seine department s tribunal de commerce caillebotte s father was twice widowed before marrying caillebotte s mother céleste daufresne. In 1947 it was moved to the galerie nationale du jeu de paume and in. The floor scrapers by gustave caillebotte the floor scrapers by gustave caillebotte 1875 although i am sure people love to see the paintings of the so called masters i believe it is good to look at the works of lesser known artists and by doing so one can discover hidden gems.

It was originally given by caillebotte s family in 1894 to the musée du luxembourg then transferred to the musée du louvre in 1929. The modern urban environment and the floor scrapers 1875 is a realistic scene of urban craftsmen busily at work. Other articles where the floor scrapers is discussed. The floor scrapers depicts three semi nude floor planers working on hands and knees scraping a parquet floor in a parisian apartment thought to be caillebotte s own studio at 77 rue de miromesnil.