Online scholarly catalogues at the art institute of chicago. The gare saint lazare by claude monet impressionism. The gare saint lazare itself, a monument to the last word in stateoftheart transportation, the railroad. 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. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at best visual art database. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare yale university press. Ap art history student samples 2016 question 4 the college. 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. On, edit images, videos and 360 photos in one place. The gare saintlazare st lazarus station, officially parissaintlazare, is one of the six large terminus railway stations of paris. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. Monets painting, the gare saintlazare, overwhelms the viewer not though its scale a modest 29.
One of the less finished paintings of the group, it is the most. Manet monet and the gare saintlazare national gallery of art. Explore the national gallerys paintings online inventory number. Lazare was created in 1877 by claude monet in impressionism style.
Saintlazare is the second busiest station in paris, after the gare du nord. Download a pdf of the 1998 exhibition catalog manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare. Impressionism and the french landscape, june 28september 16, 1984, cat. The gare saintlazare had been substantially reconstructed in the early 1860s and the structure shown here was one of the results of this work. Born in paris, the son of a grocer, monet grew up in le havre.
Monet responded to changes in modern parisian life. 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. This painting is one of a dozen views of the gare saint lazare that monet painted in early 1877. 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. 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. Fogg museum of art, harvard university saintlazare station 1877 180 kb. 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. This was monet s first series of paintings concentrating on a single theme. 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. 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. Find more prominent pieces of cityscape at best visual art database.
Monet, architecture and his paintings of gare saintlazare. Lazare, qui a meme fait le sujet dune exposition en 1998 au musee dorsay. 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. 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. Sommaire 1 serie gare saintlazare 2 liste 3 notes et references 4 voir aussi 4. This painting is one of a dozen views of the gare saintlazare that monet painted in early 1877. Oscarclaude monets series of the gare saintlazare train station was one of his most. 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. Other articles where gare saintlazare is discussed. Lazare by claude monet in oil on canvas, done in 1877. Monet began his wonderful series of paintings of the paris railwaystation gare saintelazare in 1876, and completed it in 1878. From the harvard art museums collections the gare saint. Monet and the architecture of the gare saintlazare christies.
In the 1870s monetalong with most of the other major impressionists including, caillebotte, pissarro, renoir, degas, guillaumin, raffaelli, and even manethad shown a steady interest in. Find a fine art print of this claude monet painting. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare presents edouard manets masterpiece the railway, or gare saintlazare, in a new light. The work shown is claude monets the saintlazare station, painted in paris in 1877 c. A founding member of the impressionist movement in the late 1800s, claude monet was interested in direct observation and perceptual study, particularly depicting the effects of light and shadow on color. Monet returned to the subject in later works and used his works as a commentary on modern society. Monet s painting, the gare saintlazare, overwhelms the viewer not though its scale a modest 29. 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. Saintlazare gare, normandy train, 1887 claude monet. The gare saintlazare st lazarus station, officially parissaintlazare, is one of the six large. It serves train services toward normandy, northwest of paris, along the parisle havre railway. Manet, monet, and the gare saintlazare yale university. 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.
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. Modeling himself on pissarro, cezanne sublimated the turbulent emotions of his earlier work in pictures that were studied directly and closely from nature. This is the largest in monets series of twelve paintings of the saintlazare train station in paris, a subject favored by many impressionist painters. For much of the 1870s he had lived in the paris suburb of argenteuil. Claude monet the gare stlazare ng6479 national gallery. 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. Saintlazare gare, normandy train was created in 1887 by claude monet in impressionism style. While completing the series, monet relocated from the town of argenteuil to an apartment near the station in paris.
1095 964 1111 1125 1258 733 548 1526 393 1107 243 414 282 253 779 612 496 1389 1352 535 552 397 1496 1108 386 291 45 95 865 1222 986 787 1031 1054 1073 245 393 937 606 837 210 1261 439 493 1083 1127 1381 311