Monet responded to changes in modern parisian life. Fogg museum of art, harvard university saintlazare station 1877 180 kb. Saintlazare gare, normandy train was created in 1887 by claude monet in impressionism style. Manet monet and the gare saintlazare national gallery of art. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. While completing the series, monet relocated from the town of argenteuil to an apartment near the station in paris. In early 1877 monet started work on a series of paintings of the the saintlazare station, turning again to the subject of modern life. Monet, architecture and his paintings of gare saintlazare. Download a pdf of the 1998 exhibition catalog manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare.
One of the less finished paintings of the group, it is the most. Monet s painting, the gare saintlazare, overwhelms the viewer not though its scale a modest 29. For much of the 1870s he had lived in the paris suburb of argenteuil. The gare saint lazare by claude monet impressionism. Oscarclaude monets series of the gare saintlazare train station was one of his most. The gare saintlazare st lazarus station, officially parissaintlazare, is one of the six large. Claude monet the gare stlazare ng6479 national gallery. 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.
Online scholarly catalogues at the art institute of chicago. Modeling himself on pissarro, cezanne sublimated the turbulent emotions of his earlier work in pictures that were studied directly and closely from nature. It serves train services toward normandy, northwest of paris, along the parisle havre railway. Monet returned to the subject in later works and used his works as a commentary on modern society. He had previously painted variations on a single theme but this was his first systematic effort to ring the changes of light and time of day on a chosen subject. Lazare by claude monet in oil on canvas, done in 1877. Arrival of a train painted in 1877 is considered to be one of the iconic monet painting because here the artist depicts signs of industrial revolution an event that forever changed european society and was the cause of fundamental changes in all aspects of european life, including the arts. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare yale university press. Juliet wilsonbareaus rereading of the picture leads us on a fascinating tour through the europe district of paris, newly developed around the saintlazare train stationthe site of the railway and the. This painting is one of a dozen views of the gare saintlazare that monet painted in early 1877. A proponent of en plein air painting, monet is most famous for his series depicting haystacks 1891, poplars 1892, the rouen cathedral 1894, and water lilies 191020. After his return to france from london, monet lived from 187178 at argenteuil, on the seine near paris.
Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at best visual art database. Monet began his wonderful series of paintings of the paris railwaystation gare sainte lazare in 1876, and completed it in 1878. The work shown is claude monets the saintlazare station, painted in paris in 1877 c. In january 1877 he rented a small flat and a studio near the gare st lazare, and in the third impressionist exhibition which opened in april of that year, he exhibited seven canvases of the railway station. This painting is one of a dozen views of the gare saint lazare that monet painted in early 1877. Juliet wilsonbareaus rereading of the picture leads us on a fascinating tour through the europe district of paris, newly developed around the saintlazare train station.
Monets painting, the gare saintlazare, overwhelms the viewer not though its scale a modest 29. Find a fine art print of this claude monet painting. Monet began his wonderful series of paintings of the paris railwaystation gare saintelazare in 1876, and completed it in 1878. The crush of people and the arrival and departure of the trains posed a challenge to monet s powers of observation, forcing him to work quickly and retain the sensations of light, steam, and motion in his memory. Ap art history student samples 2016 question 4 the college.
The gare saintlazare, the auteuil line and the other paintings of the gare saintlazare by monet are hardly an isolated moment in the artists oeuvre. Lazare, qui a meme fait le sujet dune exposition en 1998 au musee dorsay. The crush of people and the arrival and departure of the trains posed a challenge to monets powers of observation, forcing him to work quickly and retain the sensations of light, steam, and motion in his memory. Saintlazare is the second busiest station in paris, after the gare du nord. After working on rural landscapes, claude monet returned to paris in 1877 and made a dozen oil paintings of the gare saintlazare railway station in paris. This is the largest in monets series of twelve paintings of the saintlazare train station in paris, a subject favored by many impressionist painters. Saintlazare gare, normandy train, 1887 claude monet. On, edit images, videos and 360 photos in one place. The gare saint lazare itself, a monument to the last word in stateoftheart transportation, the railroad. Impressionism and the french landscape, june 28september 16, 1984, cat. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare presents edouard manets masterpiece the railway, or gare saintlazare, in a new light. Find more prominent pieces of cityscape at best visual art database. Lazare was created in 1877 by claude monet in impressionism style. From the harvard art museums collections the gare saint.
Sommaire 1 serie gare saintlazare 2 liste 3 notes et references 4 voir aussi 4. The gare saintlazare st lazarus station, officially parissaintlazare, is one of the six large terminus railway stations of paris. In january 1877 he rented a small flat and a studio near the gare stlazare, and in the third impressionist exhibition which opened in april of that year, he. Explore the national gallerys paintings online inventory number. Monet rented a small apartment in paris to have ready access to the saintlazare train station, where he planned to set up his easel on the platforms and the adjacent streets as the trains pulled in and out. In early 1877 monet started work on a series of paintings of the the saint lazare station, turning again to the subject of modern life. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare yale university. Monet and the architecture of the gare saintlazare christies. Born in paris, the son of a grocer, monet grew up in le havre. Its huge expanse spans the composition, the central peak of the roof being exactly at the middle of the canvas, while to the right can be seen the slender iron column that supports it.
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