Shop art print and framed art Le Pont de L'Europe by Gustave Caillebotte

The Pont de l'Europe is one of two works on an urban theme by Gustave Caillebotte, presented at the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877 at Durand-Ruel, including the one currently in the collection of the Petit Palais in Geneva. Caillebotte gave the painting to Eugène Lami in 1878, and in 1956 his granddaughter Blanche Lami sold it at auction, with the collector Oscar Ghez acquiring it for his Geneva collection. "This painting dates from 1876, and is signed lower right (G. Caillebotte). There is another, smaller version of this painting without the dog, a sketch of the Geneva canvas, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes. The widening of the railway lines in 1895 completely removed the Place de l'Europe, which was recreated on the huge viaduct built in 1863 by the engineer Jullien. This viaduct, with its X-shaped struts, also inspired Claude Monet. Built between 1865 and 1868, it opens onto the new Gare Saint-Lazare district, entirely remodelled by the new rail network. The x-shaped metal structure of the bridge is made up of a series of diagonals that open onto the distant Haussmann boulevards. Caillebotte's painting can be divided into two periods: the realist period (close to Manet's painting) and the impressionist period (with more visible impasto). The Pont de l'Europe belongs to the first period of New Realism, when the subject was totally legible and smoothly painted. The scene takes place near the Gare Saint-Lazare on a spring morning. The light is both pale [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the modern period. It belongs to the impressionism style.

 

« Le Pont de L'Europe » is kept at Petit Palais, Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Find the full description of Le Pont de L'Europe by Gustave Caillebotte on Wikipedia.