Claude Monet, "Impression, Sunrise"
"Impression, Sunrise", Claude Monet 1873, oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm, Musée Marmottan, Paris France. Impression sunrise was painted in Le Havre and gave its name to the impressionism movement, although artists paint more often sunsets than sunrises.
Painting Description :
At first Monet called this painting of Le Havre at dawn Marina. But as Renoir asked for a clearer title in order to put it down in the catalog of the 1874 exhibition at the photographer Nadar s, Claude MONET replied : Then put Impression, Sunrise.
This painting raised a storm of criticism and gave its name to the movement. The Impressionism was born.
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Water Lily Pond Symphony in Green |
| Water-Lily Pond, Symphony in Green, Claude Monet 1899, oil on canvas 89 x 93 cm, Musée d Orsay, Paris France. (Hits:21810) |
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Monet Water Lily Pond |
| "Water-Lily Pond", Claude Monet 1897, oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm, The Art Museum Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey USA. (Hits:135655) |
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Monet Grand Canal Venice |
| "The Grand Canal, Venice", Claude Monet 1908, oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco California USA. (Hits:11914) |
En Francais :
Impression Soleil Levant