La Gare Saint-Lazare, arrivée d'un train (1877) Painting by Claude Monet

Fine art paper, 8x10 in
  • Original Artwork Painting, Oil
  • Dimensions Height 32.2in, Width 39.8in
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Impressionism Landscape
La série de douze tableaux de Claude Monet intitulée La Gare Saint-Lazare illustre la modernité de la vie urbaine à travers des représentations saisissantes de la gare parisienne enfumée, réalisées en 1877. Après s'être concentré sur les paysages ruraux, Monet s'intéresse ici au progrès technique de son époque, capturant les variations atmosphériques [...]
La série de douze tableaux de Claude Monet intitulée La Gare Saint-Lazare illustre la modernité de la vie urbaine à travers des représentations saisissantes de la gare parisienne enfumée, réalisées en 1877. Après s'être concentré sur les paysages ruraux, Monet s'intéresse ici au progrès technique de son époque, capturant les variations atmosphériques et lumineuses de ce symbole de la révolution industrielle. Peintes sous différents angles et à divers moments de la journée, ces œuvres reflètent la fascination de Monet pour les transformations architecturales de l'époque haussmannienne, avec des éléments de verre et d'acier. Présentée lors de la troisième exposition des impressionnistes, cette série marque un tournant dans l'œuvre de Monet, qui explorera par la suite d'autres thèmes uniques, tels que Les Meules ou Les Nymphéas.

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Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840. He studied drawing at the Collège Communal in Le Havre. Eugène Boudin introduced him to plein-air painting around 1856. Monet moved to Paris in 1859 and enrolled in the [...]

Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840. He studied drawing at the Collège Communal in Le Havre. Eugène Boudin introduced him to plein-air painting around 1856. Monet moved to Paris in 1859 and enrolled in the Académie Suisse the following year. Camille Pissarro met him there. He served in the Algerian military from 1861 to 1862. Monet returned to Paris after the war and met Gustave Courbet. He entered Charles Gleyers' atelier, where Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Fréderic Bazille were all studying. Édouard Manet became acquainted with him in 1866. Monet painted in Normandy and the Fontainebleau Forest. In 1865, he debuted at the Salon de Paris. Monet moved to London in 1870. He later returned to Argenteuil in France via the Netherlands after the Franco-Prussian War. He took part in the first four Impressionist exhibitions, as well as the seventh, beginning in 1874. He moved to Vétheuil in 1878, and three years later to Giverny. He then traveled to the Netherlands, Italy, and London, as well as Spain, Norway, and Venice. He was represented at the World's Fair in the Exposition centennale de l'art français in 1889. In 1893, he established his water garden in Giverny, and in 1922, he bequeathed his Water Lilies to the French state. In 1926, Monet died in Giverny.

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