I’ve always enjoyed Impressionist art, but only recently became aware of Gustave Caillebotte’s “The Floor Scrapers,“ painted in 1875. The oil canvas is so unusually realistic that it really caught my eye. Here are three men planning a floor--perhaps it’s new, or an old one being refinished--and their really hard work (I’ve done the same job) is so strikingly at odds with the elegant room they are in, that the picture intrigues me. I can almost smell the raw wood, and the men’s sweat.
We are in a typical Parisian apartment, with paneled walls and French doors leading onto a small wrought-iron balcony. There will be pots of geraniums out there when the place is furnished. Ornate roof lines show in the distance, which indicates this is a desirable
We are in a typical Parisian apartment, with paneled walls and French doors leading onto a small wrought-iron balcony. There will be pots of geraniums out there when the place is furnished. Ornate roof lines show in the distance, which indicates this is a desirable