Saint-Lazare Station, Exterior View (La Gare Saint-Lazare, Vue Extérieure), 1877 by Claude Monet

Saint-Lazare Station, Exterior View, painted by Claude Monet in 1877 looks out from beneath the station’s iron canopy toward the surrounding Parisian streets and apartment buildings, where billowing steam mingles with the pale haze of the city and a lone figure crosses the paved forecourt. Part of Monet’s landmark twelve-work Gare Saint-Lazare series, the painting extends his study of modern industrial atmosphere beyond the platforms to the urban fabric surrounding the terminus. It reflects his ambition to treat the ordinary machinery of contemporary life as a subject worthy of serious painting.

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

Saint-Lazare Station, Exterior View (La Gare Saint-Lazare, Vue Extérieure), 1877 by Claude Monet. Railway Exterior Wall Art Canvas Print.