Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men

The light! The men! The boats! Straight from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, a retrospective on impressionist Gustave Caillebote’s career just opened at the Getty — the first major international exhibition since the January wildfires. Spanning nearly 100 works from various stages of his career, the exhibit focuses on the male form, from Caillebotte’s paintings of his brothers and friends in aristocratic Paris of the late 1800s to his unusual-for-the-time male nude works. This is the largest display of Caillebotte's work on the West Coast in 30 years. Featuring paintings,  drawings, photos and historical artifacts, the exhibition tells a compelling story that flips the script on what we typically think of the impressionists as a group.