“In all my life I have never again been able to find such a beautiful melody.“ - Frédéric Chopin about this piece .
- Paintings by Gustave Caillebotte - French , 1848 - 1894
Gustave Caillebotte, whose personal works were forgotten until recently, was all together a recognized painter and a generous patron of the Impressionist movement.
He was born in 1848 in a very rich family which made its fortune in textiles industry then in real estate business as Baron Haussmann was rebuilding Paris.
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