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Claude Oscar Monet, 1840-1926
et les chemins de fer

Monet painted several studies of the Gare Saint-Lazare during the winter of 1876-77.  A few examples:
The first three sets demonstrate how varied colors can be on the web.

Gare Saint Lazare: the Train from Normandy. 1877. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

The original  is at the Chicago Art Institute. 

Gare Saint Lazare: the Train from Normandy. 1877. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. [good colors]

A reproduction hangs above my fireplace
 

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Fogg Museum, Harvard, Cambridge,  Mass.

Gare Saint Lazare, Paris. 1877. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

Gare Saint Lazare, Paris. 1877. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris
 

The signal 1877

Private collection . . .

Saint-Lazare Station: 1877, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 29 in., National Gallery, London

National Gallery, London

 

Rails leaving the station

Le pont de l'Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare. 1877. Oil on canvas. Musée Marmottan, Paris, France.

Europe Bridge

 
Track Signals outside Saint-Lazare Station, 1877
Neidersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover
The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil, 1873, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil, 1873, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

 
 
 
A Train in the Country, 1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

 A Train in the Country, 1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Below was painted in 1875 before the St. Lazare paintings
The Train in the Snow, 1875, Musée Marmottan, Paris

Train at Honfleur
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Some Monet links:
Monet Gallery Gare Saint-Lazare
Vincent Gallery Reproductions Webmuseum, Paris
Olga's Gallery

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