Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil
Claude Monet, French, 1840 - 1926
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1874Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
21 3/8 x 28 7/8 inches (54.3 x 73.3 cm) Frame: 33 3/4 × 41 3/8 × 5 inches (85.7 × 105.1 × 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Cat. 1050Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1874Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
21 3/8 x 28 7/8 inches (54.3 x 73.3 cm) Frame: 33 3/4 × 41 3/8 × 5 inches (85.7 × 105.1 × 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:Cat. 1050Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Label:
In the 1860s and 1870s Monet, like his Impressionist colleagues, often depicted industrial France. Here, a train crosses a newly constructed iron bridge on the outskirts of Paris. In his later landscape paintings such evidence of the modern world is almost completely omitted.
In the 1860s and 1870s Monet, like his Impressionist colleagues, often depicted industrial France. Here, a train crosses a newly constructed iron bridge on the outskirts of Paris. In his later landscape paintings such evidence of the modern world is almost completely omitted.
