What Paris railway station did Claude Monet paint in his 1877 series?

Claude Monet painted Gare Saint-Lazare in his 1877 series of Paris railway scenes.

The series contains twelve paintings showing the station, its iron-and-glass architecture, locomotives, steam, and changing light. Monet was interested in modern urban life, and the railway provided a subject very different from the rural landscapes often associated with Impressionism.

Gare Saint-Lazare was an especially useful location because it connected Paris with the western suburbs and Normandy. Monet had personal familiarity with that route, having spent important parts of his youth in Normandy.

The paintings do not treat the station as a precise architectural record alone. Steam obscures forms and softens edges, allowing Monet to explore atmosphere, movement, and color. The series is often remembered as one of his major studies of modern industrial Paris.