Who is the artist that produced eleven paintings of the Saint-Lazare station in Paris?

Roxanne33

Claude Monet Apr 18 00, 8:14 PM

zbeckabee

Claude Monet -- In 1877, Monet lived near La Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris and produced a series of eleven paintings on site. He clearly loved the large space produced in the train shed as well as the atmospheric steam that seem to create large cumulus clouds indoors. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-17606178.html http://www.mdrails.com/wordstrainsartists.html Jan 27 08, 6:39 PM

DPISHERE

It was Claude Monet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet Monet died of lung cancer on December 5, 1926 at the age of 86. This fantastic print, entitled “Saint-Lazare Train Station,” comes from a series of eleven different paintings done by Claude Monet in 1877. Monet actually requested official permission to paint in the station, allowing him to capture the energy and excitement of the locomotives and the people from his location on the platforms. His paintings were unrivaled in their depiction of the steam and smoke-filled French train station, demonstrating his sensitivity to the ever changing atmospheric and lighting conditions. In spite of Monet’s impressionistic treatment of the station, these works accurately reproduced the topography of the area, including even the Pont de l’Europe in some of the paintings. This series also marked the first time that Monet pursued a single theme through different variations, a method he would develop later with the haystacks and the Rouen Cathedral. http://www.goantiques.com/detail,saint-lazare-train,1495826.html [Added second reference with text - McG] Jul 28 08, 3:34 PM