Sailing Boats at Argenteuil - Posters Size:Small Size 12x17 inches The unity of their content

The unity of their content is sanctioned not by logical or realistic coherence

Juxtaposed in an ambiguous way next to the worker in the Kimbell portrait

This work is one of his earliest oil paintings

before the light changed

others think the man is anonymous

Sailing Boats at Argenteuil - Posters Size:Small Size 12x17 inches The unity of their contentCaillebotte was passionate about sailing. From 1879 onwards, he won regattas on the Seine and attracted attention for his luxurious and innovative boats. At the end of his life, he even, went on to become a renowned yacht builder, his passion for boats having won out over painting. In 1881, he bought a house in Petit Gennevilliers, across the Seine from Argenteuil, where the elegant yacht club, the Cercle de la Voile de Paris, had its moorings.