On the Pont de l'Europe

On the Pont de l’Europe IMG

One of several treatments of the subject by Gustave Caillebotte, this version focuses on the geometric structure of the bridge. The Saint-Lazare station, a favourite subject of Caillebotte’s contemporary Claude Monet, is visible in the background.

Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894), On the Pont de l'Europe, oil on canvas, 105.7 x 130.8 cm, 1876–1877; source: With the kind permission of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, AP 1982.01, https://www.kimbellart.org/collection/search/view/751?text=pont%20europe.