Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare — Monet, 1877

From the Gare Saint-Lazare series Monet painted in 1877 — and now held by the Art Institute of Chicago — Arrival of the Normandy Train is the loudest of his city paintings. The great glass-and-iron shed soars over a locomotive in mid-blow, white steam piling up to the rafters, the Pont de l'Europe just visible through the haze. It is the moment modern Paris meets modern paint. The postcard works for anyone interested in railway history, Parisian Impressionism, or modern art correspondence. From the Monet postcard collection in our Painting art postcard hub. Printed on 350 g/m² stock with glossy lamination on the front · 10 × 15 cm.