Impression, Sunrise is an oil painting by Claude Monet showing the harbour of his native Le Havre at dawn, with small boats on the water and an orange sun reflected in the haze. It was painted rapidly, with loose brushstrokes that capture the effect of light and atmosphere rather than detail. When it was shown at an exhibition organized by a group of independent artists in Paris, the critic Louis Leroy mocked it in a review, using the word impression to ridicule the group. The artists adopted the term, and the name Impressionism was born. The painting is now in the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris, from where it was stolen in 1985 and recovered several years later.
Before and after
- 18 October 1871Mudan Incident of 1871
- 24 October 1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
- 1872Publication of Around the World in Eighty Days
- from 1872 to 1878Kulturkampf
- 1872Impression, Sunrise
- 1872Founding of Tokyo National Museum
- 1872Founding of Paris Institute of Political Studies
- March 1872Founding of Rangers F.C.
- 1 March 1872Establishment of Yellowstone National Park
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The era
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