Galerie Mont The Gardeners – Gustave Caillebotte^ Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte’s The Gardeners depicts a tranquil rural scene. Two gardeners are busy in the sunshine, one methodically watering the plants, the other carrying buckets, probably heavy with water, with precarious balance. Their silhouettes stand out against a garden structured in parallel lines, leading the eye to the horizon where slender trees stand out against a serene sky.

This painting is a genre scene in which country life is captured with eloquent simplicity. Caillebotte, with his palette of natural, luminous colours, glorifies the work of the land, offering a vision of agriculture marked by order and harmony. The precision with which he depicts the details of clothing and accessories bears witness to his realist influence, while the distribution of light and shade illustrates his proximity to Impressionism.

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