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How did new pigment technologies drive the Impressionist movement?

Art historian Evie Hatch looks at the innovative colour techniques used in Monet’s painting, ‘The Gare St-Lazare'

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Through scientific analysis, we know this visually dark scene is awash with colour.

Claude Monet captures the bustle and noise of the Gare St-Lazare train station in Paris by mixing traditional and new synthetic pigments. You can almost hear the shriek of the steam whistle, smell the billowing smoke, and witness modernity sweeping in.

Uncover the intensely chromatic palette of Monet’s ‘The Gare St-Lazare' with Evie Hatch.

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