Saint-Lazare Train Station (1877)
Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926
Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of London
Monet was the founder of French impressionist painting using new approaches to art – painting the effects of light en plein air with broken color and rapid brushstrokes. He could paint brilliant color, but also utilized grayed down neutral colors. Monet seemed to find inspiration in common subjects and applied his techniques to create atmosphere and changing light. St. Lazare Train Station was inspiring with its shapes, movement, line, colors and machine-made clouds of steam and ash.
Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of London
Monet was the founder of French impressionist painting using new approaches to art – painting the effects of light en plein air with broken color and rapid brushstrokes. He could paint brilliant color, but also utilized grayed down neutral colors. Monet seemed to find inspiration in common subjects and applied his techniques to create atmosphere and changing light. St. Lazare Train Station was inspiring with its shapes, movement, line, colors and machine-made clouds of steam and ash.