Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant) is a painting by
Claude Monet, for which the
Impressionist movement was named.Dated
1872, but probably created in
1873, its subject is the harbour of
Le Havre in France, using very loose brush strokes that suggest rather than delineate it. Monet explained the title later: It was displayed in
1874 during the first independent art show of the Impressionists (who were not yet known by that name). Critic
Louis Leroy, inspired by the painting's name, titled his hostile review of the show in
Le Charivari newspaper, "The Exhibition of the Impressionists", thus inadvertently naming the new art movement. He wrote: The painting was stolen from the
Musée Marmottan-Monet in 1985 and recovered in 1990. Since 1991 it has been back on display in the museum.
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