The Gare Saint-Lazare is a quintessential example of Impressionism.
After creating Women in the Garden, Monet spent several years in the countryside, improving his technique, striving to capture the beauty of natural light.
Upon returning to Paris, he applied the same style to represent some of the city's most iconic landmarks.
The 1870s were a period of significant upheaval.
Baron Haussmann and Napoleon III had embarked on an ambitious transformation of Paris.
Streets were redrawn, and new monuments, parks, railways constructed.
Among these achievements, the Gare Saint-Lazare stood out as a remarkable feat of engineering, bustling with modern activity.
Monet created a series of 12 paintings of the Gare Saint Lazare - capturing the station at different times of the day to emphasize the changing effects of light.
Fun fact : Manet was relatively unknown at the time.
To gain access to the station, he convincec the station's director that he was a famous artist.
The staff cleared the platforms and started the engines... which gave him a particularly advantageous viewpoint.
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