The Gare St-Lazare

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This painting is one of a dozen views of the Gare Saint-Lazare that Monet painted in early 1877. He had known the station since his childhood, and it was also the terminal for trains to many of the key Impressionist sites west of Paris.

One of the less finished paintings of the group, it is the most freely painted of the four pictures Monet made within the station itself. He positioned himself at the terminus of one of the main lines, looking across the platforms. In the foreground two locomotives are swathed in steam and surrounded by passengers probably waiting to board.

The dark angular lines of the roof’s girders contrast with the random patterns formed by the vapour and smoke. By including the closed roof at the top of the picture, Monet has turned the conventions of landscape upside down – the light and clouds associated with an open sky are contained inside a distinctly modern structure made of glass and iron.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Gare St-Lazare

Date

1877

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 54.3 x W 73.6 cm

Accession number

NG6479

Acquisition method

Bought, 1982

Work type

Painting

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