![]() ![]() This painting evoked various responses and critiques when it was exhibited, becoming one of the most important paintings of Impressionism. He was very close to his mother, but she died in January 1857 when he was sixteen years old, and he was sent to live with his childless, widowed but wealthy aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre. Impression, Sunrise (1872), known in French as Impression, Soleil Levant, by Claude Monet is an oil painting depicting the Le Havre harbor and the sun rising in the distance. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disapproved and wanted him to pursue a career in business. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in the 1874 Salon des Refusés initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting. In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. It depicts the port of Le Havre in France, where Monet grew up. ![]() At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). Impression, Sunrise was painted in 1872 when Monet was 32. ![]() Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. The title was given Monet is not the first to use the term of impression, but his painting will popularize it. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.Ĭlaude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). This art piece is located in Musee Marmottan Monet, Paříž, Francie. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. Maura Gleeson Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872, oil on canvas, 48 x 63 cm ( Musée Marmottan, Paris) ImpressionI was certain of it. Monet painted picture Impression - Sunrise in 1872. Monet used contrasting colors, which he applied with broad brushstrokes enhancing the effect of light. The sun breaks through the clouds, in the distance and in the haze silhouettes of merchant ships and a small boat appear in the backlight. The painting captures a unique moment - a sunrise - visible from the house of Monet's relative overlooking the port of Le Havre. Critic Louis Leroy used the title of the painting in a sarcastic article The Impressionist Exhibition, unknowingly giving the whole trend its name. One of the works that Monet presented at the exhibition of the photographer Nadar. Location: Musee Marmottan Monet, Paříž, Francie ![]()
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