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MONET, Claude: The Gare Saint-Lazare, Arriving a Train

🖼 The Gare Saint-Lazare, Arriving a Train, 1877
Oil on canvas
83 × 102 cm
Cambridge, USA

Steam and iron dominate the composition as a train emerges through billowing clouds, rendered in Monet's loose brushwork and shifting light effects. This series epitomizes Impressionism's focus on capturing fleeting moments and atmospheric conditions in modern industrial settings.

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