
Gustave CaillebotteFrench, 1848–1894May one see it?
Chicago, United States
On public display.
1881
Models for Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”
Caillebotte was a model for Renoir’s 1881 painting “Luncheon of the Boating Party”.
1881
Buys a property at Petit-Gennevilliers on the Seine
In 1881 Caillebotte acquired a property at Petit-Gennevilliers on the banks of the Seine near Argenteuil; it had a shipyard where he could design his own yachts.
c. 1882 – 1883
Stops showing his work at the age of 34
Caillebotte stopped showing his work at the age of 34 and devoted himself to gardening and to building and racing yachts.