Claude Monet - Arrival of the Normandy Train in Gare Saint-Lazare - 1877

When did railway networks start becoming large scale?

1830s

When was the invention of the automobile?

1880s

When was the invention of the airplane?

1900s

When was Claude Monet born?

1840

Where did Claude Monet grow up?

Le Havre in Normandy

What occupation did Monet’s father have?

Grocer

Where did Monet have a brief military service?

Algeria

Who did Monet study under while in Paris?

Charles Gleyre

What years did Monet display his landscape paintings at the Salon?

1865, 1866, and 1868

What painters pushed Monet to become more abstract in his landscape representations?

Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir

What is en plein air?

Painting outdoors

What allowed painting en plein air?

Oil paint in metal tubes

What did Monet, Gustave Caillebotte, and Edgar Degas form?

A Societe anonyme

What does Societe anonyme mean??

A corporation owned by stockholders

Who was the art critic that gave the Societe anonyme the name “Impressionists”?

Louis Leroy

What is the typical subject matter for impressionists?

Natural landscapes, leisurely activities for middle-class, and changing city of Paris

What are all the years that France underwent revolutions?

1789, 1814, 1830, 1848

When was the Gare Saint-Lazare first built?

1835

How far is the Gare Saint-Lazare from the main shopping district in Paris?

10 Minute walk

What was created that allowed pedestrians to cross into the Gare Saint-Lazare?

Pont de l’Europe

Honore Daumier created cartoons for what humor periodical?

Le Charivari

What satirical series did Honore Daumier created to represent the newly expanding railway network?

On the Train

What painting did Edouard Manet paint to focus on the steam and smoke emitted by trains?

The Railway

What painting did Caillebotte create that showed the new iron bridge near the Saint-Lazare train station?

Le Pont de l’Europe

Where was Monet’s home between 1871 and 1877?

Argenteuil

What cardinal direction is Argenteuil from Paris?

Northwestern

How many scenes did Monet paint around the Saint-Lazare station in 1877?

12

What is unique about the Arrival of the Normandy Train compared to the other scenes Monet painted?

It is quite monochrome

What type of brushmarks does Monet use in Arrival of the Normandy Train ?

Small feathery strokes, larger blotches, and quick scribbles

What does Monet’s use of different gestural brush marks evoke a sense of?

Quickness of the steam from the train and how it blends into the atmosphere

What do Impressionist works seek to give the viewer?

A sense of momentary, quick observation

How many of Monet’s Saint-Lazare paintings were displayed at the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877?

7

When did Monet die?

1926

What do most of Monet’s works between 1871 and 1877 display?

His family enjoying flowers and fresh air away from the city