Claude Monet Vs Gustave Caillebotte

In the same period, Claude Monet and Gustave Caillebotte both paint the streets of Paris, and although they quite frankly look a lot alike, they are still structured differently enough that the paintings continue to keep their own character.

In comparison to the two artworks Boulevard des Capucines by Claude Monet and Paris Street in Rainy Weather by Gustave Caillebotte, they are similar to each other in a couple different ways. Some similarities of these two paintings by Monet and Caillebotte, is that they are both oil on canvas, painted during the Impressionist period, located in the streets of Paris, and are painted with the intention of giving off a foggy hazed background.

One of the obvious contrasts in comparing these two paintings would be how the perspective is done in each piece. Caillebotte pulls the viewer into the perspective of what a man or woman would see as they walk through the busy streets of Paris, while Monet captures the streets above the people as if the viewer was looking down from an apartment or patio of a tall building. Another contrast between the paintings would be the weather and time of the day is significantly different in each of them because Monet painted Boulevard des Capucines as a sunny morning and Caillebotte painted a drizzly afternoon in Paris Street in Rainy Weather.

In conclusion, when looking at these paintings it may be hard to see at first glance, but both of these pieces have several similarities and differences between each other which make them similar but still very unique in their own special ways.