1875
oil
canvas
From the collection of Musée Marmottan Monet
Dominant colour
Train in the Snow is a 1875 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Musée Marmottan Monet.
Train in the Snow is an oil painting created by Claude Monet in 1875. The work shows a train surrounded by snow at the Argenteuil station in France. Art historians note it as a key example of Monet’s attempts to bring together nature and industry, and they point out that Monet painted more trains than any other nineteenth‑century artist. If you’re curious about where you can see this piece, it’s held at the Musée Marmottan Monet.
Oscar-Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, and raised from the age of five in Le Havre, where he began selling charcoal caricatures as a teenager.
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