Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men

This richly illustrated volume paints a complex portrait of Caillebotte, masculinity, and identity in late nineteenth—century France.

More than any other French Impressionist, painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) observed and depicted the many men in his life, including his brothers and friends, employees, and the workers and bourgeois in his Parisian neighborhood. Male subjects feature prominently in some of his best—known works, such as The Floor Scrapers, Man at His Bath, Young Man at...