Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:

Gustave Caillebotte

(1848-1894)

at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877

an impression of his paintings

Which paintings did Caillebotte show in 1877?
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the 6 paintings that Gustave Caillebotte exhibited at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1877 in Paris (catalogue numbers 1-6). Note: If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!

Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-1, Rue de Paris, temps de pluie = 1877, SDbl, 1CR52+2CR57, Paris street, a rainy day, 212x276, AI Chicago (iR5;iR2;R2,p208;R101,no52;R102,no57+p282;R90II,p69+85;M20) Expo: DR1894-47. Location: Rue de Turin towards Rue de Saint-Pétersbourg. — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-1, Rue de Paris, temps de pluie = 1877, SDbl, 1CR52+2CR57, Paris street, a rainy day, 212×276, AI Chicago (iR5;iR2;R2,p208;R101,no52;R102,no57+p282;R90II,p69+85;M20) Expo: DR1894-47. Location: Rue de Turin towards Rue de Saint-Pétersbourg.

Gustave Caillebotte, 3IE-1877-2, Le pont de l'Europe = 1876, SDbr, 1CR44+2CR49, Le pont de l'Europe, 125x181, PP Geneva (iR2;R2,p210;R101,no44;R102,no49+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p97;M144) Expo: DR1894-6. Gift to Eugène Lamy. — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-2, Le pont de l’Europe = 1876, SDbr, 1CR44+2CR49, Le pont de l’Europe, 125×181, PP Geneva (iR2;R2,p210;R101,no44;R102,no49+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p97;M144) Expo: DR1894-6. Gift to Eugène Lamy.

Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-3, Portraits à la campagne = 1876, SDbl, 1CR31+2CR40, Portraits in the countryside, 95x111, MBG Bayeux (iR2;iR3;R2,p203;R101,no31;R102,no40+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p99). Sitters: Marie (left), Mme Martial (right). — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-3, Portraits à la campagne = 1876, SDbl, 1CR31+2CR40, Portraits in the countryside, 95×111, MBG Bayeux (iR2;iR3;R2,p203;R101,no31;R102,no40+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p99). Sitters: Marie (left), Mme Martial (right).

Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-4, Portrait de Madame C... = 1877, SDbr, 1CR53+2CR58, Portrait of Mme. Martial Caillebotte (The artist's mother), 83x72, private (iR2;R101,no53;R102,no58+p282;R90II,p69+85;R2,p203) Expo: DR1894-33; SdA1921-2701. — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-4, Portrait de Madame C… = 1877, SDbr, 1CR53+2CR58, Portrait of Mme. Martial Caillebotte (The artist’s mother), 83×72, private (iR2;R101,no53;R102,no58+p282;R90II,p69+85;R2,p203) Expo: DR1894-33; SdA1921-2701.

Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-5, Portraits = 1877, SDbr, 1CR54+2CR62, Portraits in an interior, 46x56, private (R2,p211;R101,no54;R102,no62+p282;R90II,p69+85). Sitters: Mme Godard + Mme Davaye. Gift to Henri Cordier. — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-5, Portraits = 1877, SDbr, 1CR54+2CR62, Portraits in an interior, 46×56, private (R2,p211;R101,no54;R102,no62+p282;R90II,p69+85). Sitters: Mme Godard + Mme Davaye. Gift to Henri Cordier.

Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-6, Peintres en bâtiments = 1877, SDbr, 1CR48+2CR53, The house painters, 89x116, Orsay (iR2;iR59;R2,p203;R101,no48;R102,no53+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p93;M1) =HD1877/05/28-3 (bought back); =DR1894-50; =SdA-1921-2710. — Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-6, Peintres en bâtiments = 1877, SDbr, 1CR48+2CR53, The house painters, 89×116, Orsay (iR2;iR59;R2,p203;R101,no48;R102,no53+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p93;M1) =HD1877/05/28-3 (bought back); =DR1894-50; =SdA-1921-2710.

Clarification:
All 6 suggestions are (quite) certain. See the links for an account. See link for the subscriptions, identification of paintings, the subscriptions. For the used sources see at the bottom of the main page about Gustave Caillebotte.

Additional references (=aRx):

johnpwalshblog.com//caillebotte 1876 and 1877 (blog on the contribution of Gustave Caillebotte to the 2nd and 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition)

Recommanded citation: “Impressionism: Gustave Caillebotte, an impression of his paintings at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877. Last modified 2024/02/24. https://www.impressionism.nl/caillebotte-1877-expo/.”