The Bridge of Europe ( French: Le Pont de l'Europe ) is a painting by the French artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) in 1876. It is part of the collection of the Petite Palais Museum in Geneva ( French: Musée du Petit Palais, Genève ). The size of the picture is 124.7 × 180.6 cm [1] . This picture is considered one of the most famous works of the artist [2] .
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| Gustave Caillebotte | ||
| The bridge of Europe . 1876 | ||
| fr. Le pont de l'europe | ||
| Oil on canvas . 125 × 181 cm | ||
| Petit Palais Museum , Geneva | ||
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History
This painting was first exhibited at the 3rd exhibition of the Impressionists in April 1877 [1] [3] , along with other paintings by Caillebotte, among which, in particular, were “ Paris Street in rainy weather ” and “Painters of facades”.
Description
The painting depicts part of the Bridge of Europe, which was built in the second half of the 1860s. This bridge is located above the railway lines at the Paris Saint-Lazare station. In the center of the bridge is Europe Square ( French Place de l'Europe ), which is approached from different sides by six streets named after European cities: London , Vienna , Madrid , Constantinople , St. Petersburg , Liège (formerly Berlin Street) . The point from which the view shown in the picture opens is on Vienna Street ( Fr. Rue de Vienne ), which in the background (behind Europe Square) goes into St. Petersburg Street ( Fr. Rue de Saint-Pétersbourg ) [1] .
The station itself is not visible in the picture - the artist depicted the fence, sidewalk, and part of the roadway of the bridge. At the fence, turning away, stands a man, past whom a dog passes, which is in the foreground of the picture. Well-dressed man and woman are walking towards the viewer along the sidewalk [4] . Through the fence, another part of the bridge is visible, along which London Street ( Fr. Rue de Londres ) approaches the Europe Square [1] .
The perspective of the picture is unusual - long-range plans are reduced, and close objects are enlarged, which gives the impression of using a wide-angle camera lens . Caillebotte also used a similar technique in his other famous painting - “ Paris Street in rainy weather ” [5] .
Sketches and other paintings
One of Cabotte’s sketches for the painting “The Bridge of Europe” (painted in 1876, size 33 × 45 cm) is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes ( French Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes ) [6] [7] . Another sketch for the painting “Bridge of Europe” (also painted in 1876, size 54 × 73 cm) is in a private collection [8] .
There is also another painting by Caillebotte, “On the Bridge of Europe” (1876-1877), which is located at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth , Texas , USA [9] .
The Bridge of Europe (sketch, 1876),
Museum of Fine Arts, RennesThe Bridge of Europe (sketch, 1876),
private collection"On the bridge of Europe" (1876-1877),
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Kirk Varnedoe . Gustave Caillebotte. - New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987 .-- 220 p. - ISBN 0-300-08279-7 .
- ↑ Holland Cotter. Gustave Caillebotte (HTML). The New York Times - topics.nytimes.com. Date of treatment April 26, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) (HTML). apeuroarthistoryproject.weebly.com. Date of treatment April 26, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Gustave Caillebotte, French, 1848-1894, Le Pont de l'Europe (The Bridge of Europe), 1876 (HTML). www.impressionism.org. Date of treatment April 27, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Andre Budier. Gustave Caillebotte (The Great Artists, part 147). - Kiev: Iglmoss Ukraine, 2005 .-- 32 p.
- ↑ Gustave Caillebotte, Le Pont de l'Europe (HTML). Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes - www.mbar.org. Date of treatment April 26, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ David Galenson. Gustave Caillebotte, Conceptual Impressionist (HTML). www.huffingtonpost.com. Date of treatment April 26, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Alan Behr. Doubled delight: Gustave Caillebotte at the Brooklin Museum (HTML). www.culturekiosque.com. Date of treatment April 26, 2013. Archived May 1, 2013.
- ↑ On the Pont de l'Europe, Gustave Caillebotte (HTML). www.kimbellart.org. Date of appeal April 26, 2013.
Links
- Gustave Caillebotte - Bridge of Europe , impressionism.su