How did new pigment technologies drive the Impressionist movement_ _ National Gallery
1 Video View·Dec 15, 2025
Art historian Evie Hatch looks at the innovative colour techniques used in Monet’s painting, ‘The Gare St-Lazare'. Monet captures the bustle and noise of the Gare St-Lazare train station in Paris by mixing traditional and new synthetic pigments. Through scientific analysis, we know this visually dark scene is awash with colour.
Uncover the intensely chromatic palette of Monet’s ‘The Gare St-Lazare' with Evie Hatch.
Photo of lazurite by Didier Descouens
Photo of Claude Monet provided by Granger/Bridgeman Images