Impression, Sunrise is a small 1872 harbor view Claude Monet painted at Le Havre, showing a hazy orange sun over water rendered in loose, visible brushstrokes. Exhibited at the first independent group show the Impressionists organized in 1874, it prompted the critic Louis Leroy to write a mocking review titled Exhibition of the Impressionists that took the painting's title as proof the whole group offered mere impressions rather than finished pictures, a jab the painters then adopted as their own movement's name.
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Year Created LocationMusee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France 1 Medium
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Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
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Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
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1. Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage Learning- chapter on Impressionism, section on Claude Monet
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Impression, Sunrise is a small 1872 harbor view Claude Monet painted at Le Havre, showing a hazy orange sun over water rendered in loose, visible brushstrokes.
Impression, Sunrise (Wikipedia)
In Group: Seascapes and Harbor Scenes, LeadQuote, In Group: Seascapes and Harbor Scenes, Lead
Impression, Sunrise (French: Impression, soleil levant) is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet first shown at what would become known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists" in Paris in April, 1874.
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