# Poilus à la gare de l'Est

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1917.

This vertical station interior concentrates on the fatigue and uncertainty of French soldiers in transit. Its compressed foreground offers an intimate counterpart to Luce's broader view of the snow-covered station.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Dimensions not published
- Collection: [Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-d417f5df18642276.md>)

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- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Modernism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/modernism.md>)

## Image

![Weary French soldiers gather inside the Gare de l'Est in 1917.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-d417f5df18642276-ba064df9db6070d0/full.jpg?v=2203d7c079cece17afede67d0191e6b2b0f59b1d1a85c94ceca0129e8ec518ac>)

## Sources & credits

- Pierre Poschadel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie, inv. 98.04.32
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMaximilien_LUCE%2C_Poilus_%C3%A0_la_gare_de_l%27Est%2C1917%2C_mus%C3%A9e_de_l%27h%C3%B4tel-Dieu%2C_inv._98.04.32.JPG>)
- Artwork metadata drawn from Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu and French Ministry of Culture collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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