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title: The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte
author: Musée du Petit-Palais
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15847/the-pont-de-leurope-by-caillebotte/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte

_Authored by Musée du Petit-Palais_

## Image File

[![The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15847.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15847.png)

## Image Caption

An 1876 oil on canvas, *The Pont de l'[Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/europe/)*, by [Gustave Caillebotte](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gustave_Caillebotte/) (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Caillebotte uses the strong diagonal of the railway bridge to draw the viewer's eye down the street, following the dog. Such industrial [architecture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/architecture/) was relatively new to [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/) - the Europe Bridge had just been completed, in fact - and impressionist artists like Caillebotte were keen to show this modernity in their work along with the wealthy bourgeoise for whom it was built. (Musée du Petit-Palais, Geneva)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Petit-Palais, M. d. (2022, May 11). The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15847/the-pont-de-leurope-by-caillebotte/>
### Chicago
Petit-Palais, Musée du. "The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 11, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15847/the-pont-de-leurope-by-caillebotte/>.
### MLA
Petit-Palais, Musée du. "The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 May 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15847/the-pont-de-leurope-by-caillebotte/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caillebotte-PontdeL%27Europe-Geneva.jpg) by [**Musée du Petit-Palais**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caillebotte-PontdeL%27Europe-Geneva.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 11 May 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.