“They asked me for a title for the catalog, it couldn't really be taken for a view of Le Havre, and I said: ‘Put Impression. Claude Monet (born November 14, 1840, Paris, Francedied December 5, 1926, Giverny) was a French painter who became the initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style. Buy Impression: Sunrise, 1872 by Claude Monet as fine art print. When Monet was asked to name his painting, he accidentally coined a term that defined the movement. Buy Impression: Sunrise, 1872 by Claude Monet as fine art print. Degas, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley, all contributed work painted in a new style, focused on light, and usually painted outside, thanks to the recently invented portable paint tube. Two years later, Monet was organizing an independant exhibition of artists who were experimenting like him. In his words, Monet painted “during dawn, day, dusk, and dark and from varying viewpoints, some from the water itself and others from a hotel room looking down over the port.” It was practice-an experiment. Kunstposter mit dem Ölgemälde Impression Sunrise des französischen Künstlers Claude Monet. Impression Sunrise, 1872 Print by Claude Monet View other Limited Edition Art Prints by Claude Monet Estimated Market Price: Between 188.00 and 438. Monet was interested in light, and threw himself into the study of reflections of light on water, with the port as his subject. Express your personality, taste in artwork and sophistication while adding a vintage feel that elevates any contemporary modern interior design.
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But in 1872, when Claude Monet was painting a hazy interpretation of the seaport in his hometown of Le Havre in France, the birth of a movement was far from his mind. Painted by Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise is a piece with a touch of subtleness that captures anyone’s attention with its beauty. Today, Impressionism is one of the most beloved movements in Western Art. Available as an art print on canvas, photo paper, watercolor board, uncoated paper or Japanese paper.