パリの裕福な家に生まれ、法律を学んだあと画家になりました。雨のパリの交差点や、床をけずる職人など、新しい都会の姿を、するどい遠近法で描きました。お金に困っていたモネやルノワールたちの絵を買い、展覧会の費用も出して印象派を支えました。45歳で亡くなり、集めた絵は国にのこされました。
Caillebotte was born into a wealthy family in Paris. He studied law before becoming a painter. He painted modern Paris with strong, dramatic perspective, like a rainy street corner or workers scraping a floor. He bought paintings from struggling friends such as Monet and Renoir. He also paid for exhibitions to support the Impressionists. He died at 45 and left his collection to the French state.
