CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE (1848-1894) French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists. Caillebotte is also remembered for his early interest in photography as an art form. A fine, scarce A.L.S., G Caillebotte, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (Petit-Gennevilliers, near Paris), n.d. ('Mardi'; June 1883), to [Claude Monet] ('Mon cher ami'), in French. Caillebotte writes a friendly letter to his fellow artist, making reference to his work and other painters, in full, 'Depuis deux mois que je suis ici j'ai travaille autant que j'ai pu, mais tout ce que je fais est bien mauvais. Je suis en plein dans le paysage. Il me semble que je n'ai jamais vu un printemps si beau. J'ai voulu faire toutes especes d'arbres en fleurs mais cela dure si peu et c'est bien difficile decidement. Si vous voyiez la digue en ce moment vous seriez ebloui. Renoir est ici depuis trois semaines ou un mois. Il fait le portrait de Charlotte qui sera tres joli. Justement au moment ou j'ai recu votre lettre nous parlons de vous et nous disions Monet doit en abbatre joliment en ce moment. Il parait que c'est le contraire, mais quelle belle annee tout le meme. Je vous ecrirai quand nous descendrons a la mer. Ce sera du 1er au 15 juillet. Nous nous arreterons toujours a Vernon et par consequent je pourrai vous voir. J'ai ete l'autre soir a l'exposition de Sisley. Il commence a y avoir moins de monde a Paris. Tout a vous' (Translation: 'In the two months that I have been here I have worked as much as I could, but everything I do is very bad. I am right in the landscape. It seems to me that I have never seen such a beautiful spring. I wanted to do all kinds of blossoming trees, but they last so little time and it's definitely very difficult. If you saw the dam right now you would be dazzled. Renoir has been here for three weeks or a month. He does the portrait of Charlotte which will be very pretty. Just when I received your letter, we were talking about you, and we were saying Monet must be having a pretty good time right now. It seems that it is the opposite, but what a great year all the same. I will write to you when we go down to the sea. It will be from the 1st to the 15th of July. We will always stop in Vernon and therefore I will be able to see you. I was the other evening at the Sisley exhibition. There are beginning to be fewer people in Paris. All yours'). Autograph letters of Caillebotte are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the age of 45 and the present example is particularly desirable for its wonderful association and references to Renoir and Sisley. About EX Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French Impressionist painter. Renoir was a frequent visitor at Petit-Gennevilliers where, as well as painting, he and Caillebotte engaged in far ranging discussions on art, politics, literature and philosophy. Charlotte Berthier (1863-?) was a life-long companion of Caillebotte, to whom he left a sizeable annuity. Renoir's 1883 portrait of her, referenced in the present letter, is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) French-born British Impressionist landscape painter. In June 1883 seventy of Sisley's paintings were exhibited by the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in his Paris gallery.
CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE (1848-1894) French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists. Caillebotte is also remembered for his early interest in photography as an art form. A fine, scarce A.L.S., G Caillebotte, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (Petit-Gennevilliers, near Paris), n.d. ('Mardi'; June 1883), to [Claude Monet] ('Mon cher ami'), in French. Caillebotte writes a friendly letter to his fellow artist, making reference to his work and other painters, in full, 'Depuis deux mois que je suis ici j'ai travaille autant que j'ai pu, mais tout ce que je fais est bien mauvais. Je suis en plein dans le paysage. Il me semble que je n'ai jamais vu un printemps si beau. J'ai voulu faire toutes especes d'arbres en fleurs mais cela dure si peu et c'est bien difficile decidement. Si vous voyiez la digue en ce moment vous seriez ebloui. Renoir est ici depuis trois semaines ou un mois. Il fait le portrait de Charlotte qui sera tres joli. Justement au moment ou j'ai recu votre lettre nous parlons de vous et nous disions Monet doit en abbatre joliment en ce moment. Il parait que c'est le contraire, mais quelle belle annee tout le meme. Je vous ecrirai quand nous descendrons a la mer. Ce sera du 1er au 15 juillet. Nous nous arreterons toujours a Vernon et par consequent je pourrai vous voir. J'ai ete l'autre soir a l'exposition de Sisley. Il commence a y avoir moins de monde a Paris. Tout a vous' (Translation: 'In the two months that I have been here I have worked as much as I could, but everything I do is very bad. I am right in the landscape. It seems to me that I have never seen such a beautiful spring. I wanted to do all kinds of blossoming trees, but they last so little time and it's definitely very difficult. If you saw the dam right now you would be dazzled. Renoir has been here for three weeks or a month. He does the portrait of Charlotte which will be very pretty. Just when I received your letter, we were talking about you, and we were saying Monet must be having a pretty good time right now. It seems that it is the opposite, but what a great year all the same. I will write to you when we go down to the sea. It will be from the 1st to the 15th of July. We will always stop in Vernon and therefore I will be able to see you. I was the other evening at the Sisley exhibition. There are beginning to be fewer people in Paris. All yours'). Autograph letters of Caillebotte are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the age of 45 and the present example is particularly desirable for its wonderful association and references to Renoir and Sisley. About EX Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French Impressionist painter. Renoir was a frequent visitor at Petit-Gennevilliers where, as well as painting, he and Caillebotte engaged in far ranging discussions on art, politics, literature and philosophy. Charlotte Berthier (1863-?) was a life-long companion of Caillebotte, to whom he left a sizeable annuity. Renoir's 1883 portrait of her, referenced in the present letter, is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) French-born British Impressionist landscape painter. In June 1883 seventy of Sisley's paintings were exhibited by the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in his Paris gallery.
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