Who Is Gustave Caillebotte's Floor-Scrapers?
The painting I chose is The Floor-Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte originally titled Les raboteurs de parquet in 1875. Gustave Caillebotte was known for his uncommon perceptions and scenes from everyday life. The Floor-Scrapers is an oil painting on a canvas of three workmen stripping the varnish off the floor of what is said to be Gustave Caillebotte’s residence.
The Floor-Scrapers illustrates three shirtless, hard working men on their hands and knees, scraping a wooden floor in a Parisian apartment. Daylight enters the room from a window on the far wall. The oblique alignment of the floorboards is counterbalanced by the rectangular panels on the far wall and by the curlicue style of the iron window grill and the wood shavings that litter
The Floor-Scrapers illustrates three shirtless, hard working men on their hands and knees, scraping a wooden floor in a Parisian apartment. Daylight enters the room from a window on the far wall. The oblique alignment of the floorboards is counterbalanced by the rectangular panels on the far wall and by the curlicue style of the iron window grill and the wood shavings that litter