![]() 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. 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. They are meant to convey the elusiveness and impermanence of sunlight and atmosphere.Impression, Sunrise Impression – Soleil Levant by Claude Monet Some seem like they were painted quickly and spontaneously, but in fact they were carefully planned out. Impressionist paintings are focused on a single moment in time. However the artists began to use the term “Impressionists” to refer to themselves a few years later. Many of the modernist names came about from the criticism of these new styles. ![]() They called it shocking and said that the bright colors “hurt their eyes.” The name “Impressionism” was derived from THIS PAINTING as a critic used the term in a derogatory way. Monet was famous for going out on the water with his small box of paints and painting while sitting in his little boat. Until this time, artists had to mix their own colors using minerals, but now the paint mixtures were portable. He painted outdoors, directly from nature, which was newly accessible to artists in the late 1800s because of the invention of paint tubes. Monet wanted to paint the effects of light and air. Monet considered the term “impression” as one that would describe the effect of a natural scene on the painter and the effect of a painting on the viewer. They did not have the smooth finished look and the religious, mythological or historical subject matter of the Academic paintings that were expected the by society and critics of Paris. Monet’s revolutionary works left parts of the canvas uncovered, they appeared unfinished and sketch-like, and had visible loose brushstrokes to convey a sense of movement. When Claude Monet was asked to name his painting for exhibition at the 1874 Exposition, he named it “Impression” to excuse his painting for having an unfinished look.
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