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# Gustave Caillebotte retrospective in Martigny and his painting “The Europe Bridge”
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/seichas-v-fonde-pera-dzhanaddy-v-shveitsarskom-martini-prokhodit-retrospektiva-rabot-nezasluzhenno-podzabytogo-impressionista-gustava-kaibotta/
- Published: 2021-08-14T08:10:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:05:58.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Paris, People

The Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny, Switzerland, is currently staging a retrospective of the undeservedly neglected Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. At the very least, he may be remembered for his painting "The Floor Scrapers", with its men planing a parquet floor while sitting on the floor of a large room. Or for the same House Painters.

One of Caillebotte's best-known and most interesting works is called The Europe Bridge. The large canvas, almost two metres wide, depicts a genre scene on the Pont de l'Europe, seen from the rue de Vienne, with the rue de Saint-Pétersbourg in perspective. The foreground is large in scale: a dog runs, a man gazes at the station, a couple strolls decorously.

Shown in its day at the Third Impressionist Exhibition in 1877, the picture made a great impression on the public. It now belongs to the Petit Palais museum, and since the museum closed it has vanished from view.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_4767@14-08-2021_11-10-31.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_4768@14-08-2021_11-10-31.jpg)

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