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Apple Tree in Bloom (Pommier en fleurs)

With his signature use of zooming perspective, Caillebotte lures the viewer into the canvas with a swept path that runs the depth of the garden. His careful depiction of the garden’s strict plan complements his more informal treatment of the apple blossoms, rendered with thick touches of pink, white, and green paint. Strokes of bright orange paint hint at the roofs of the estate’s various buildings, here fragmented by the screen of the flowering tree branches.

Artist: Gustave Caillebotte, French, 1848-1894
Medium: Oil on canvas
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1885
Dimensions: 28 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (73.3 x 60 cm) Frame: 37 7/8 x 32 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (96.2 x 83.2 x 9.5 cm)
Markings: Stamped lower right: "G. Caillebotte."
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 1992.107.2
Credit Line: Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr.
Image: Overall, 1992.107.2_colorcorrected_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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