Claude Monet’s iconic work, which unwittingly named the Impressionist movement, has made its U.S. debut at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Impression, Sunrise, painted by Monet in November 1872, features a foggy harbor scene from Le Havre, inspired by Monet’s recent admiration of J.M.W. Turner’s atmospheric London paintings.
Monet, then 32, captured the industrial seascape in a green-gray haze, with bold outlines and a vibrant orange sun. The painting was completed in a single sitting and given a name that would later define a major art movement.
The painting is now a central piece in the exhibition “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment,” which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition. Having debuted at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, the exhibit includes period photographs and 130 works to provide context for the original 1874 show, reflecting on its brief but lasting impact on art history.
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