Oscar-Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting “Soleil Levant” or “Impression, Sunrise,” which was exhibited in 1874. It was recovered and returned to the museum and displayed again in 1991. In 1985 the painting was stolen from the museum. The six painted canvases depict the port during different times during the day and different vantage points.
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Monet visited his hometown of Le Havre in 1872 and proceeded to create a series of works depicting the port of Le Havre. “They asked me for a title for the catalog, it couldn’t really be taken for a view of Le Havre, and I said: ‘Put Impression.'” Monet claimed that he titled the painting “Impression, Sunrise” due to his hazy painting style Later he claimed: “Impression, Sunrise” depicts the port of Le Havre, Monet’s hometown. There were over two hundred works that were seen by about 4,000 people.įrom that point, the term “Impressionism” was used to describe the style, and Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” is today considered to encapsulate the start of the Impressionist movement and the movement’s name. It was the art critic Louis Leroy’s review of the exhibition, who used the title “The Exhibition of the Impressionists” to describe the new style of work displayed, which he claimed was typified by Monet’s painting of the same name.Īmong the thirty participants, the 1874 exhibition was Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. It had been used for some time to describe the effect of paintings of Manet and others, whose works featured loose brushwork and softness of form. However, the term “Impressionism” was not new. The title of the painting seemed to be chosen in haste for the urgent printing of the exhibition catalog. This painting is credited with inspiring the name of the “Impressionist” movement. “Impression, Sunrise” by Claude Monet, was first shown at what would become known as the “Exhibition of the Impressionists” in Paris in1874. Also, the relatively cool colors used around the horizon line push that area back in perspective, whilst the warm colors used for the top of the sky come forward.Impression, Sunrise Impression – Soleil Levant by Claude Monet Depth is created by the gradual fading of objects as they recede into the distance.Many artists avoid placing the horizon line directly in the center as it tends to appear unnatural. The horizon line is positioned slightly above center.There are just some buildings and faded blue shapes in the distance which suggest where land meets the sky. The dark green shadows in the foreground are spaced out and as a whole, represent a loose horizontal line.
The sunrise reflection represents a strong verticle line in the painting, despite it being made up of short, horizontal dashes.
Everything else is really just there to create a sense of context and atmosphere. The focal points are clearly the dark boats, the sunrise and its reflection.The composition is fairly basic, but there are some important aspects: "They asked me for a title for the catalogue, it couldn't really be taken for a view of Le Havre, and I said: 'Put Impression.'" Monet named the painting based on his loose depiction of the port.I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it - and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more finished than this seascape." Here is an extract from Leroy's article, which takes the perspective of two skeptical viewers discussing Monet's painting: But, despite the intended criticism, the artists adopted the term as the name of the movement, Impressionism. Art critic Louis Leroy wrote about the exhibition in the newspaper Le Charivari and used the term "Impressionism" to mock the loose and relaxed nature of the paintings.Some of the other artists who exhibited alongside Monet were Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot and Edgar Degas. The series was exhibited in 1874 at the "Exhibition of the Impressionists".
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