Gustave Caillebotte: An Impressionist and Photography
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Review “This extensively illustrated catalog documents an ambitious exhibit about the work of French painter Gustave Caillebotte, presenting the reader with judicious juxtapositions of Caillebotte’s works with now-iconic photographic images. Text and images, working together, persuade the reader that Caillebotte’s work did anticipate, by several years, the unusual perspectives of now-renowned photographers. [It] will serve the research requirements of curators and advanced scholars as well as engage undergraduates with interest in nineteenth-century art and photography.” (Art Libraries Society of North America 2013-07-19)"Recommended. . . . Containing as many photographs as paintings, this catalogue enables readers to see similarities and differences in approaches and to determine independently what connections and interactions might exist." (Choice 2013-08-22) Read more About the Author Karin Sagner is a Munich-based researcher whose work focuses on nineteenth-century art. She is the author of Claude Monet, 1840–1926: A Feast for the Eyes. Max Hollein is director of the Schirn Kunsthalle, Städel Museum, and Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, all located in Frankfurt. He is the editor, most recently, of En Passant, also published by Hirmer Publishers. Read more
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Caillebotte is the type of obscure genius its a delight to discover. Its all laid bare here in this wonderfully illustrated, and informative portrait on the artist and his relationship to photography, something very evident in the angles and tone of many of his masterful paintings. Many paintings featured in this book I have never seen before, and it was a delight to read too. The printing quality is simple and the reproductions are very good Recommended.