The Floor Scrapers By Caillebotte

The modern urban environment and the floor scrapers 1875 is a realistic scene of urban craftsmen busily at work.

The floor scrapers by caillebotte.

Gustave caillebotte the floor scrapers les raboteurs de parquet 1875 oil on canvas 102 x 146 5 cm musée d orsay paris. 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. Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a. Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a rainy day.

Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street. The painting includes images of several floor scraping tools as well as an opened bottle of cheap wine. The floor scrapers is an oil painting by french impressionist gustave caillebotte the canvas measures 102 by 146 5 centimetres 40 2 in 57 7 in. Les raboteurs de parquet english title.

Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street. It was originally given by caillebotte s family in 1894 to the musée du luxembourg then transferred to the musée du louvre in 1929. Whereas peasants gleaners by millet or country workers stone breakers by courbet had often been shown city workers had seldom been painted unlike courbet or millet caillebotte does not incorporate any social moralising or political message in his work. 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.

Other articles where the floor scrapers is discussed. Les raboteurs de parquet the floor planers this painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. In 1947 it was moved to the galerie nationale du jeu de paume and in. Daylight enters the room from a window on the far wall.