Paris Street, Rainy Day — Gustave Caillebotte | Art Postcard

Caillebotte's 1877 masterwork at the Art Institute of Chicago turns a wet morning at the Place de Dublin into one of Impressionism's most cinematic street scenes — cobblestones, umbrellas, and Haussmann façades rendered with an almost photographic depth.

The wide, cropped view and the couple walking toward the viewer give the picture a sense of motion rare in the artist's more static street scenes, the sharp converging perspective lines doing as much compositional work as any figure in the frame.

• A6 art postcard, 350 g/m²