Sailing Boats at Argenteuil - Life Size Posters Elephant Northern aspects of the town

Northern aspects of the town featured more conspicuously in the under-drawing

Her torso acts as the kite-sail

as on an artist’s palette

He included a scribble where he noted the colours

Sailing Boats at Argenteuil - Life Size Posters Elephant Northern aspects of the townCaillebotte 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.