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CLAUDE MONET - Impression, Sunrise
September 28, 2018
"Impression, soleil levant"
CLAUDE MONET
(1840-1926)
SUBJECT AND IMTERPRETATION
"Impression, Sunrise"
Oil on canvas
1872
This painting became the source of the movement's name, after Louis Leroy's article "The Exhibition of the Impressionists" satirically implied that the painting was at most, a sketch.
Depicts the port of Le Havre at sunrise, the two small rowboats in the foreground and the red sun being the focal elements.
In the middle ground, more fishing boats are included, while in the background on the left side of the painting are clipper ships with tall masts.
Behind them are other misty shapes that "are not trees but smoke stacks of packboats and steamships, while on the right in the distance are other masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky.
In order to show these features of industry, Monet eliminated existing houses on the left side of the jetty, leaving the background unobscured.
The representation of Le Havre, hometown of Monet and a center of industry and commerce, celebrates the "renewed strength and beauty of the country...Monet's ultimate utopian statement".
Art demonstrating France's revitalization, Monet's depiction of Le Havre's sunrise mirrors the renewal of France. (Following the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the regeneration of France was exemplified in the thriving port of Le Havre).
For more information follow the links below:
•https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
•https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
CLAUDE MONET
(1840-1926)
SUBJECT AND IMTERPRETATION
"Impression, Sunrise"
Oil on canvas
1872
This painting became the source of the movement's name, after Louis Leroy's article "The Exhibition of the Impressionists" satirically implied that the painting was at most, a sketch.
Depicts the port of Le Havre at sunrise, the two small rowboats in the foreground and the red sun being the focal elements.
In the middle ground, more fishing boats are included, while in the background on the left side of the painting are clipper ships with tall masts.
Behind them are other misty shapes that "are not trees but smoke stacks of packboats and steamships, while on the right in the distance are other masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky.
In order to show these features of industry, Monet eliminated existing houses on the left side of the jetty, leaving the background unobscured.
The representation of Le Havre, hometown of Monet and a center of industry and commerce, celebrates the "renewed strength and beauty of the country...Monet's ultimate utopian statement".
Art demonstrating France's revitalization, Monet's depiction of Le Havre's sunrise mirrors the renewal of France. (Following the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the regeneration of France was exemplified in the thriving port of Le Havre).
For more information follow the links below:
•https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
•https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
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