France, 19th century / 1884
Villas at Trouville
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Villas at Trouville as painting (France, 19th century · 1884).
In addition to his career as an artist, Caillebotte was an award-winning sailor and designed his own racing sailboats.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894).
The museum's collection notes: Gustave Caillebotte painted this dramatic view of the blue-green sea, illuminated by a cloud-dappled sky, from one of the cliffs of Trouville, a popular resort town on the Normandy coast in northern France. The brick villas in the foreground, just outside the center of the town, offered homeowners a private shoreline retreat. During the early 1880s, Caillebotte spent several summers on the Normandy coast where he painted, participated in sailing regattas, and visited friends.
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