Sketchbook, Gustave Caillebotte, June 1883–September 1887
Gustave Caillebotte, portraitGustave CaillebotteFrance, 1848–1894

Sketchbook

June 1883–September 1887 · Sketchbook containing 40 drawings: 30 in graphite, 7 in watercolor over graphite, and 3 in graphite and brush and gray wash, on 40 sheets of cream wove paper bound in brown cloth

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In 1881 Gustave Caillebotte purchased a home near Argenteuil, then a rural town on the outskirts of Paris, with his brother Martial, and this led to a notable decrease in his artistic productivity. Caillebotte’s “lost years” coincide with the use of this sketchbook.

The subjects of the drawings in the book—panoramic views, portraits, intimate garden scenes, details of trees and architecture, and copies after other works—reflect Caillebotte’s shift away from his earlier depictions of urban Parisians. None are studies for later works; instead this sketchbook is more experimental, as Caillebotte focused on developing his use of watercolor and drawing out of doors.

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Pendant ce temps, chez Gustave Caillebotte

La vie entière
  1. 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.

  2. 1881

    Models for Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”

    Caillebotte was a model for Renoir’s 1881 painting “Luncheon of the Boating Party”.

  3. 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.

  4. 1887

    His brother Martial marries

    In 1887 Gustave’s brother Martial married; a year later Gustave moved permanently to Petit-Gennevilliers.

  5. 1888

    Moving for good to Petit-Gennevilliers: garden and yachts

    In 1888 Caillebotte moved permanently to Petit-Gennevilliers, where he devoted himself to gardening and yachting and spent much time with his brother Martial and his friend Renoir.

  6. after 1888

    Renoir, a frequent guest at Petit-Gennevilliers

    Renoir often came to stay with Caillebotte, and they engaged in far-ranging discussions on art, politics, literature and philosophy.

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