Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare

The artwork

To paint this train, Monet asked the railway company's director for permission and took his easel inside the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris, right where the trains from Normandy pulled in. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The great glass and iron roof, the white smoke of the engine and the people on both sides of the tracks.
• A painting full of movement that brings a living room or a hallway to life.
• A gift for anyone who loves trains, Paris and Impressionism.

In January 1877 Monet rented a studio in the rue Moncey, a few blocks from the station, and wrote to the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest, the company that ran the line to Normandy. The director said yes. Working there was not easy: it was the largest and busiest station in Paris, with trains coming and going all the time. So Monet, who usually painted straight onto the canvas, filled sketchbooks with pencil drawings to capture what he saw.

He painted twelve pictures of the station. In April 1877 he showed seven of them, including this one, at the third Impressionist exhibition, and the writer Émile Zola praised the rumble of the trains and the torrents of smoke under the sheds.

The original is in the Art Institute of Chicago and is among the paintings announced for Monet: Painting Time, the first exhibition Tate Modern in London has devoted to Monet, from 25 February to 27 June 2027.

In a study or a hallway it brings the noise and steam of a nineteenth-century station into your home. It is the right gift for a railway enthusiast, or for anyone who takes the train every day.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 40 x 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in)
With frame: 42 x 62 cm (16.5 x 24.4 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass