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Impressionism/Post-Impressionism
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Gustave Caillebotte
The Orange Trees
1878
61 x 46 (154.9 x 116.8)
Oil on canvas
98.273
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European Art
On View in the Beck Building
Recommended by: Helga K. Aurisch, Associate Curator, European Art
Gustave Caillebotte has captured the exquisite serenity of a lazy summer afternoon in this work that depicts two members of his family absorbed in their reading in the shade of the orange trees that are part of the park-like garden of the artist´s family estate at Yerres, France. Closely observed and rendered with characteristically flickering brushstrokes, this painting is one of Caillebotte´s masterpieces and one of the finest Impressionist paintings in the Beck Collection of the MFAH.
Gift of Audrey Jones Beck
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Related Exhibitions & Collections:
The Best of the MFAH: An Online Exhibition
Impressionism/Post-Impressionism
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