artist

Claude Monet

French, 1840–1926

works 2dates 1867 – 1877halls Impressionism

Loosely painted image of an open-air train station. On the right, a parked train gives off an enormous plumb of white smoke, making the scene look as though it were full of clouds. A huddled mass of barely discernible people crowd around the train on both sides of the tracks. Blue, green, and gray tones dominate.

Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare…1877 · Impressionism

Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse1867 · Impressionism

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