Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)
Calf's Head and Ox Tongue
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Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)c. 1882
Calf's Head and Ox Tongue
Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894) →Impressionism19th centuryoil on canvasoil paintings (visual works)
Date
c. 1882
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73 × 54 cm (29 × 21 in.); Framed: 87.7 × 69.3 × 7.7 cm (34 1/2 × 27 1/4 × 3 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment
Gustave Caillebotte may have been inspired by the butcher’s shop below his family home in Paris when he painted this bloody scene of animal parts ready for human consumption. Calf’s Head and Ox Tongue confronts viewers with objects that are visually unpleasant and yet rendered with highly decorative pastel colors and soft brushstrokes. Such still lifes are among Caillebotte’s most original compositions and stand in contrast to the attractive, highly marketable still lifes of his contemporaries Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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