Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
Floor Scrapers, 1875
Oil on canvas. H. 102,0 ; L. 147,0 cm.
Gift, 1984
This painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. Whereas peasants (Gleaners by Millet) or country workers (Stone Breakers by Courbet) had often been shown, city workers had seldom...
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Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
Floor Scrapers, 1875
Oil on canvas. H. 102,0 ; L. 147,0 cm.
Gift, 1984
This painting is one of the first representations of urban proletariat. Whereas peasants (Gleaners by Millet) or country workers (Stone Breakers by Courbet) had often been shown, city workers had seldom been painted.
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