Pont de l'Europe, gare Saint-Lazare
1877 Musée Marmottan Monet
About this artwork
This painting is one of twelve works Claude Monet created depicting the Gare Saint-Lazare train station and the Pont de l'Europe in Paris. It captures the bustling atmosphere and the transformative impact of industrialization on the modern city.
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Claude Monet's series on the Gare Saint-Lazare train station marked a significant departure from traditional landscape painting, bringing the grimy, smoky reality of the industrial age into the realm of high art. He even negotiated with the railway company to have trains held and stoked with extra coal to produce more steam, allowing him to capture the perfect atmospheric effects he desired for his canvases.
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Pont de l'Europe, gare Saint-Lazare
Claude Monet, 1877
