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| Gustave Caillebotte |
| 1848-1894 |
| European Artist |
| Caillebotte was born in Paris, France. He was a wealthy bachelor and trained naval architect and became a very important, often critical, contributor to the Impressionist movement. His business skills and financial assistance were important to the survival of Impressionism. Caillebotte was the most important early patron of the Impressionists: Cezanne, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. Although his closest artist friends were Monet and Renoir, the key advocates for loose brushwork and bright color, Caillebotte preferred the challenges dearest to Degas, such as uningratiating urban subjects and strictly limited visual means, orchestrated with meticulous, albeit conventional, draftsmanship. |
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