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A painting shows a Paris street scene filled with men and women in black overcoats, top hats, and dresses, many carrying gray-black umbrellas. A young couple stands in the foreground at right beneath their umbrella, looking left. Cobblestones shine with rainwater, and the sky is gray. A gentleman passes at center, looking down, horse-drawn carriages scattered here and there. A painting shows a Paris street scene filled with men and women in black overcoats, top hats, and dresses, many carrying gray-black umbrellas. A young couple stands in the foreground at right beneath their umbrella, looking left. Cobblestones shine with rainwater, and the sky is gray. A gentleman passes at center, looking down, horse-drawn carriages scattered here and there. Side-by-side images. At left, a painting of Frida Kahlo, seated, in men's attire, sportcoat, and button-down shirt. Her hair has been shorn and is scattered about her, on the floor and in her lap. She holds a pair of scissors and glances knowingly left. At right, the second image is a photo of a hand-bound book, its spine facing the viewer and cover open. The book is bound in rich brown leather with a vertical, rectangular black frame inset in both covers. Within the black frame is a brown rectangle with many small circles cut out. The back cover reads "ALFRED JARRY," the front, "DOCTEUR FAUSTROLL." Side-by-side images. At left, a painting of Frida Kahlo, seated, in men's attire, sportcoat, and button-down shirt. Her hair has been shorn and is scattered about her, on the floor and in her lap. She holds a pair of scissors and glances knowingly left. At right, the second image is a photo of a hand-bound book, its spine facing the viewer and cover open. The book is bound in rich brown leather with a vertical, rectangular black frame inset in both covers. Within the black frame is a brown rectangle with many small circles cut out. The back cover reads "ALFRED JARRY," the front, "DOCTEUR FAUSTROLL." An exuberant, fantastical painted scene illustrated in fine detail and vibrant colors of a large group of does and stags charging toward a branch that grows off the side of a rocky hill. They seem to move as a wave. On the green, wooden branch stands a humanlike figure with a cat's face, its arms bound behind. Serpents surround this figure. An exuberant, fantastical painted scene illustrated in fine detail and vibrant colors of a large group of does and stags charging toward a branch that grows off the side of a rocky hill. They seem to move as a wave. On the green, wooden branch stands a humanlike figure with a cat's face, its arms bound behind. Serpents surround this figure.

See how Gustave Caillebotte’s varied interests shaped the world he painted, explore the social ties that made Frida Kahlo and Mary Reynolds’s encounter so impactful, and travel though an autobiographical masterpiece with Raqib Shaw.

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Gustave Caillebotte has been called “the unknown Impressionist,” but Chicagoans will immediately recognize his work.

⁠—Gloria Groom, Chair and Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, and Executive Director of Initiatives in France

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