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Birth
1848 (Paris, France)
Death
1894 (Gennevilliers, Seine, France)
Lived/Active
France
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impressionist portrait and landscape painting
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Gustave Caillebotte was born in Paris on August 19, 1848. He was best known as a generous patron of the French Impressionists, but he was a gifted artist as well. He earned a law degree, but he also attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He then studied with a lesser-known teacher of painting, the Spanish-trained Leon Bonnat. In 1874 he met Degas, Monet and Renoir and helped organize the first impressionist exhibition in Paris the same year. And he came into his inherit (showing 500 of 3250 characters). |
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