Interpretive Resource

Video: Caillebotte and the Modern City

Step into Caillebotte's painting Paris Street; Rainy Day. Feel the grayness and isolation of modern Paris and feel the push/pull effect of the painting's dynamic composition.

Tags: composition, Impressionism, modern, painting, Paris, urban life

Grade Levels: High School, Middle School

Interpretive Resources: Gustave Caillebotte

Artworks by: Gustave Caillebotte