Chih-Hsiung Wu

1877

Well

private collection

The artwork "Saint-Lazare Station 02. Monet" owned by collector Wu Zhixiong is an outstanding response to inheritance and challenge by Claude Monet. This piece, created with oil paint, depicts the Saint-Lazare Station in Paris in 1877, presenting an exhilarating dynamic beauty intertwined with smoke and light. Monet challenged the strong academic conventions of the time, capturing the natural light and spontaneous scenes with free brushstrokes, which propelled the avant-garde revolution of Impressionism. This work not only reflects the advancement of the industrial era but also showcases Monet's momentary expression of life as it unfolds, marking an important milestone in the transformation of 19th-century art.

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