The Floor Scrapers By Caillebotte

Les raboteurs de parquet english title.

The floor scrapers by caillebotte. 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 painting includes images of several floor scraping tools as well as an opened bottle of cheap wine. Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a rainy day. The modern urban environment and the floor scrapers 1875 is a realistic scene of urban craftsmen busily at work.

Daylight enters the room from a window on the far wall. The floor scrapers depicts three semi nude floor planers working on hands and knees scraping a parquet floor in a parisian apartment thought to be caillebotte s own studio at 77 rue de miromesnil. 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. In 1947 it was moved to the galerie nationale du jeu de paume and in.

It was originally given by caillebotte s family in 1894 to the musée du luxembourg then transferred to the musée du louvre in 1929. Gustave caillebotte was born on 19 august 1848 to an upper class parisian family living in the rue du faubourg saint denis his father martial caillebotte 1799 1874 was the inheritor of the family s military textile business and was also a judge at the seine department s tribunal de commerce caillebotte s father was twice widowed before marrying caillebotte s mother céleste daufresne. Rainy day 1877 uses bold perspective to create a monumental portrait of a paris intersection on a. Parmi giuntini director of art history otis college.

Caillebotte s masterpiece paris street. 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. Gustave caillebotte the floor scrapers les raboteurs de parquet 1875 oil on canvas 102 x 146 5 cm musée d orsay paris. Les raboteurs de parquet the floor planers this painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat.