Gustave
Caillebotte was born in 1848 to a wealthy family who had
made their money in textiles and real estate during the
redevelopment of Paris in the 1860s. In 1875, wishing
to make his public debut, he submitted a painting to the
Salon jury, which rejected it. That work was probably
the Floorscrapers, which Caillebotte then decided to exhibit
in a more hospitable environment, that of the second Impressionist
group exhibition of 1876.
His work, highly acclaimed, stole the show and helped
to make the second exhibition far more of a popular success
than the first. Wealthy and generous, Caillebotte financially
supported his Impressionist friends by purchasing their
works at inflated prices and underwriting many of the
expenses encurred for the exhibitions.
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