The Floor-Scrapers, 1875
Gustave Caillebotte. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, RF 2718. © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. Photography by Hervé Lewandowski.
This landmark exhibition reintroduces Gustave Caillebotte as a singular voice within Impressionism—an artist who turned his gaze inward, capturing the intimate world of his family, friends, and everyday encounters. Rather than focusing on the fleeting pleasures of modern life, Caillebotte portrayed the people and passions that shaped his world, from the quiet dignity of workers to the camaraderie of fellow sportsmen.
Featuring more than 120 works—including paintings, drawings, photographs, and rare loans—this exhibition offers a revealing portrait of Caillebotte as a painter of private moments, personal relationships, and a uniquely modern masculinity.
Join Gloria Groom, Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, as she looks back at what was learned through the process of planning and executing Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World.
About the Speakers
Gloria Groom is Chair and Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, and executive director of initiatives in France at the Art Institute of Chicago. Gloria has been involved in numerous major monographic exhibitions and their accompanying catalogues, including the exhibition Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men (2025), Monet and Chicago (2020–21), Manet and Modern Beauty (2019), Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist (2017), Van Gogh’s Bedrooms (2016), and Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity (2012–13).
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