Paris Street; Rainy Day

Gustave Caillebotte

1877 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago

Size4:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
Year: 1877
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 212.2 × 276.2 cm
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Movement: Impressionism

A well-dressed couple under a single umbrella walk toward the viewer across the wet cobbles of the Place de Dublin, near the Gare Saint-Lazare, in a Paris of wide new boulevards and tall uniform apartment blocks built under Baron Haussmann. A lamp post splits the canvas, umbrellas recede in every direction and the figures at the edges are cropped as if by a camera. Caillebotte painted the huge canvas in 1877 and showed it at the third Impressionist exhibition, where it stood out for its smooth finish and careful perspective, closer to academic practice than to the broken touch of Monet. The scene is modern life observed with detachment. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired it in 1964, and it is among the most visited paintings there.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Grey cobbles, umbrellas and uniform apartment blocks give this a cool, orderly mood for a hallway, entry or office at 24×18, where the perspective pulls the eye down a corridor. Black frame on a pale grey wall; it suits modern, spare rooms.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Impressionism painting
Era: 19th century (1877)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: hallway or entryway, home office, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Paris Street; Rainy Day in the public domain?

Yes. Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Art Institute of Chicago.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Paris Street; Rainy Day painted, and in what medium?

Paris Street; Rainy Day dates from 1877 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 212.2 × 276.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Paris Street; Rainy Day we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Paris Street; Rainy Day (Gustave Caillebotte) — Paris Street; Rainy Day · Gustave Caillebotte · 1877. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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