![]() ![]() The early morning sun is depicted rising over the foggy harbour with ships and other various boats at port. Slightly below the center of the painting, a small rowboat with two indistinct figures floats in the bay. The imagery of this work of art presents a focus on the calm feeling of a misty maritime scene. ![]() Currently, Impression, Sunrise is located in the Musée Marmottan in Paris, France. Although this oil painting was disparaged during the time of its creation, today it is viewed as an austere example of the mindset and purpose behind Impressionism. In the April issue of Le Charivari, a critic named Louis Leroy judgmentally entitled his article “Exhibition of the Impressionists,” thereby coining the term inspired by the title of Monet’s work Impression, Sunrise. When the painting was first shown to the public in the L’Exposition des Révoltés-an exhibition independent of the Salon that was organized by Monet, Bazille, Pissarro, and their friends-many critics were extremely disapproving of the rebel group’s work, especially that of Monet. The most significant aspect of the painting is its credit with giving the Impressionist Movement its name. Widely regarded as Monet’s single most famous painting, Impression, Sunrise was completed during the late nineteenth century in 1872. While Impression, Sunrise and Monet’s artistic technique fell under harsh criticism at their outset, Monet’s masterpiece gave birth to a new movement and created a revolution in the world of art. This act of expressing an individual’s perception of nature was a key characteristic and goal of Impressionist art, and is a common motif found in Monet’s paintings. Unlike other artworks of the time, the subject matter and specific painting techniques evident in Impression, Sunrise seek to transcribe the feelings initiated by a scene rather than simply rendering the details of a particular landscape. This renowned work of art which illustrates a view of the port of Le Havre in north-western France is considered to be one of Monet’s “most poetic expressions” of his engagement with France’s revitalization efforts after the Franco-Prussian War. Since it broke the shackles of traditional painting, there was someone borrowed the title of the painting to make a crack that the innovative group of young artists which represented by Monet were impressionism.Throughout the years, Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise has been celebrated as the quintessential symbol of the Impressionist Movement. What Monet portrayed in Impression Sunriseis the scene that water rise and fall and light changes as the poem described. The river, mist, the boats hidden in the fog, and the rising red sun in the distance, even the inverted image of red sun on the river, were all vivid and natural in the color and atmosphere, which offered us a sense of reality.Ĭhinese Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi wrote in his poem: A setting sun spreads on the water, in the sunlight the river sparkling, one-half turns deep blue color while one-half turns red. ![]() ![]() All of these detailed painted get a true picture of what the lights and colors gave to the artist's visual impression when the sun rose in the port city. Direct painting strokes traced out the unclear background in morning fog, variety of colors made the surface infinite brightness, but the boats on the water was faintly visible. The painting depicted the scene of sunrise through the mist over Le Havre harbor. ![]()
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