The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil
Claude Monet · 1870
Why it's great
A train crosses a bridge over the Seine at Argenteuil, a village near Paris where the railway brought city people for weekends. Claude Monet painted the modern age into the peaceful countryside in 1870.
🏛️ Part of history
The Industrial Revolution (1760–1900) — A train crosses a bridge over the Seine at Argenteuil, a village near Paris where the railway brought city people for weekends.
Where to see it
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Claude Monet was born in Paris but grew up on the coast of Normandy, where he learned to paint outdoors. He was a leader of Impressionism, and he lived in places like Argenteuil and, for his last 43 years, Giverny, where he built a famous garden with a pond of water lilies. He painted the same scenes again and again at different times of day to capture changing light. He kept painting until he was 86, even as his eyesight faded.
