# Sailing Boats at Argenteuil [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CAILLEBOTTE, Gustave]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 56 cm ## Commentary Sailing Boats at Argenteuil c. 1888 Oil on canvas, 65 x 56 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris This work reveals the extent to which Caillebotte's art was characterized by his admiration for impressionistic painting. It shows the riverbank and the landing stage near his house in Le petit Gennevilliers, on the opposite side of the river from Argenteuil. The old wooden bridge at Argenteuil and the pillars of the railroad bridge can be seen in the background. ## Related artworks - [Bathers about to Dive into the Yerres]() - [Blossoming Tree]() - [Boats on the Seine at Argenteuil]() - [Boulevard Haussmann, Snow]() - [Canoeing \(detail\)]() - [Canoeing on the Yerres]() - [Canoeing]() - [Farmhouse at Trouville]() - [Floor Scrapers]() - [In a Café]() - [Le Pont de l'Europe]() - [On the Pont de l'Europe]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()