Exterior of the Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train (Extérieur de la gare Saint-Lazare, arrivée d’un train), c. 1877 by Claude Monet

Exterior of the Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train, painted by Claude Monet in 1877, captures a locomotive emerging onto the open tracks just outside the station, its steam billowing up past the pale apartment buildings that line the surrounding streets. Silhouetted figures and a horse-drawn carriage move through the hazy, fog-like atmosphere rendered in soft greys, blues, and warm ochres. The work belongs to Monet’s celebrated series of twelve Gare Saint-Lazare paintings, several of which were exhibited at the Third Impressionist Exhibition in 1877.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1877.

Exterior of the Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train (Extérieur de la gare Saint-Lazare, arrivée d’un train), c. 1877 by Claude Monet. Parisian Railway Wall Art Canvas Print.