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Gustave Caillebotte’s portrayals of modern life in the 1870s and 1880s are strikingly centered on men—capturing their fashion, demeanor, and daily lives with a rare and intimate focus. Unlike his fellow Impressionists, Caillebotte turned his gaze toward male figures, presenting them as professionals, athletes, workers, family members, and even as nude subjects.
Hear from Gloria Groom, Winton Green Curator of Painting and Sculpture of Europe at the Art Institute, and André Dombrowski, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor of 19th Century European Art at the University of Pennsylvania, for a lively discussion of the language of masculinity in Caillebotte’s work, and discover how his paintings offer a nuanced view of gender that continues to resonate today.
This program is generously sponsored by the Carol Given Winston Fund for Docent and Patron Education.
Gustave Caillebotte’s portrayals of modern life in the 1870s and 1880s are strikingly centered on men—capturing their fashion, demeanor, and daily lives with a rare and intimate focus. Unlike his fellow Impressionists, Caillebotte turned his gaze toward male figures, presenting them as professionals, athletes, workers, family members, and even as nude subjects.
Hear from Gloria Groom, Winton Green Curator of Painting and Sculpture of Europe at the Art Institute, and André Dombrowski, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor of 19th Century European Art at the University of Pennsylvania, for a lively discussion of the language of masculinity in Caillebotte’s work, and discover how his paintings offer a nuanced view of gender that continues to resonate today.
This program is generously sponsored by the Carol Given Winston Fund for Docent and Patron Education.
