Parlons de... Gustave Caillebotte

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of his death, Musée d'Orsay honors the Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). Art historian Philippe Puisais guides you through the exhibition "Caillebotte: Painting Men" and unfolds the artist's remarkable legacy.

Caillebotte was long forgotten, overshadowed by his Impressionist peers. Born into a wealthy family, he collected over 70 works by artists such as Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Millet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. His own paintings opened new visions of masculinity—through both realistic technique and personal approach. He was a pioneer in introducing new figures to the canvas: urban workers, the man on the balcony, the athlete, the man in private moments. In an era dominated by bourgeois patriarchy yet marked by women's liberation movements, his works testify to social change. Caillebotte posed profound questions about the male condition at the heart of Impressionism and modernism.

The lecture is held in easily understandable French.