Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte
Gustave Caillebotte·Paris Street; Rainy Day·1877·Oil on canvas·The Art Institute of Chicago↓

Gustave Caillebotte French, 1848 – 1894

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

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A crossroads in Haussmann's newly built Paris, glistening with rain, with a fashionable couple strolling under a shared umbrella. The smooth finish and wide-angle perspective make it feel almost photographic, and oddly detached.

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A green lamppost splits the canvas exactly in half, dividing the intimate foreground from the empty boulevard.

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