Interpretive Resource

Student Reference: Monet's Artistic Style in Painting

An introduction for young readers to Claude Monet's Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare. Learn how the artist captured the movement of the crowd and steam engine smoke and compare his notebook sketch with the finished painting.

Book: Behind the Lions
Danzis, Steve F. et al. Behind the Lions: A Family Guide to the Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, p. 76.