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On the Pont de l’Europe is Caillebotte's virtually monochromatic painting of three figures standing in the cold on the modern industrial bridge, which overlooks the Saint-Lazare train station.
On the Pont de l’Europe
On the Pont de l’Europe
On the Pont de l’Europe is Caillebotte's virtually monochromatic painting of three figures standing in the cold on the modern industrial bridge, which overlooks the Saint-Lazare train station.

On the Pont de l’Europe

Gustave Caillebotte
French (1848–1894)
19th century
1876–77
Oil on canvas
41 5/8 x 51 1/2 in. (105.7 x 130.8 cm) Framed: 55 11/16 x 65 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (141.5 x 167 x 12.5 cm)
AP 1982.01
Although his closest artist friends were Monet and Renoir, the key advocates for loose brushwork and bright color, Caillebotte preferred the sort of conventional draftsmanship and unaffected urban subjects dear to their fellow Impressionist Degas.