The Arcueil Aqueduct at Sceaux Railroad Crossing

<p>Armand Guillaumin painted this aqueduct shortly after it was built. Passing over a train line to the Paris suburb of Sceaux, the aqueduct was constructed during a period of rapid development around the French capital. Guillaumin encountered such scenes while working in security for a railroad company, a job that allowed him to travel and sketch in different places on the outskirts of the city.</p> <p>Guillaumin shared this interest in the Paris suburbs with his fellow Impressionists—especially <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artists/40482/paul-cezanne">Paul Cezanne</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artists/36211/camille-pissarro">Camille Pissarro</a>, with whom he painted in the 1870s. He exhibited this painting in the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877.</p>