The Artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) French Impressionist Painter and Collector
Using hatch strokes is a way of creating texture on the picture space. Use any type of repeated motion with your hand to create other kinds of textures. Try making short dashes, dots, vertical lines, or using a tight wandering line. Some examples are shown below. How do the strokes change the appearance of the apple? Choose one simple object to explore texture. Draw it four or more times using different types of strokes each time. The Challenge Caillebotte studied art at the French Academy after obtaining his law degree and fighting in the Franco-Prussian War. He became friends with artists outside the Academy, the Impressionists, and did much to help them in their struggles to get their work seen. He helped keep the group together with his diplomatic skills during disagreements. Because he was from a wealthy family, Caillebotte was able to help many Impressionists financially. He rented their exhibition space with his own money. He paid to advertise for the show, bought frames, and hung the pictures. He also made many of the first purchases and at his death donated sixty-eight Impressionist works to the French government. Without his management and marketing skills and his wealth it is questionable whether the Impressionists could have made such a bold impact in such a short time. They were known and their work accepted by the general public after just twelve years. Caillebotte was a painter as well as patron. His other interests included stamp collecting, gardening, and yachting.
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