----------------------------Original message---------------------------- FYI..Caillebotte was not just a collector and a patron who helped out the Impressionists. He was a painter. Check out his works, "A Rainy Day"...."The Man at the Window".."Le Pont de l'Europe" in Robert Herbert's "Impressionism-Art,Leisure, & Parisian Society ". John Walsh On Thu, 8 Jun 1995, Virginia Hetrick, in sunny Calif wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Yes! Yes! Yes! If you're in LA, GO SEE THIS EXHIBIT!!!!!!! > It's one of the more terrific things I've seen in a while. > > There was a huge story in the LA Times about it earlier this week > and even my landlady (who does dental stuff) asked me about going > to see it (whether it is worth the trip downtown). I said absolutely. > > If you are going to be in LA sometime this summer, you may also > want to visit the LACMA where the Gustave Caillebotte collection > of impressionists will be on exhibit from the latter part of this > month until early September. Gus was a collector who bought paintings > from the impressionists and made it possible for them to manage to > eat and paint more pictures. He's also just about the only person > who did that, so he got some really prime stuff. > > vh >