claude monet impressionist paintings Impression Sunrise

CLAUDE MONET IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS IMPRESSION SUNRISE SERIES

The juxtaposition between the steamships and cranes in the backdrop and the fisherman in the foreground represents the political implications of the painting: The prosperous port of Le Havre reflected France’s rebirth following its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. Other foggy figures behind them are “not trees but pack boat and steamship smokestacks, while on the right in the horizon are other sails and chimneys silhouetted against the skies.” Claude Monet removed existing dwellings on the left side of the jetty to display these industrial characteristics, leaving the scenery unobscured.

There are more fishing boats in the middle ground, while there are clipper ships with tall masts on the left side of the background. The painting has two small rowboats in the foreground and the red Sun being the main focus. Impression, Sunrise depicts the famous port of Le Havre at Sunrise. The naming was attributed to the fact that Monet sought to escape criticisms and accusations of the painting lacking descriptive detail charges came up, regardless of the naming. Monet named the painting ‘Impression’ because of his hazy painting style in his depiction of the subject. The painting displays the port of Le Havre, Claude Monet’s hometown, and is now displayed at the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris. The ‘Impression, Soleil levant’ known as ‘Impression, Sunrise’ in English is Monet’s first painting at the ‘Exhibition of the Impressionists’ in Paris (April 1874). It was the official art exhibition of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Monet and his associates initiated the show as an alternative to the Salon. Claude Monet is the Master of Light and Color: “Impression, Sunrise” The concept of ‘Impressionism’ got its title from one of the most famous Monet paintings, ‘Impression, Soleil levant,’ exhibited in 1874 at an exhibition tagged the ‘exhibition of rejects. Claude Monet had a long career and was regarded as the most consistent practicing painter in impressionism and expressing one’s perception before nature, especially regarding landscape painting.

Monet was born on 14th November 1840 and died on 5th December 1926.

All works listed are classified as Painting – oil on canvas except where described otherwise.Claude Monet, the founder of impressionist painting and considered the critical precursor to modernism, was a French painter who primarily liked to paint nature as he observed it.

For Monet's Water Lilies works see Water Lilies (Monet series).

Works 1858–1871 (Paris, London, Amsterdam)

1883–1926 Living at his home and garden complex in Giverny, 80 km north west of Paris.

1881–1883 Living at Poissy, 25 km north-west of Paris.

1878–1881 Living at Vétheuil, 60 km north-west of Paris.

1878 Living in Paris – Birth of Michel Monet.

1871–1878 Family life in Argenteuil, near Paris.

Visits to Trouville (1870), London and Amsterdam (1871) His prodigious output of nearly 2000 paintings was catalogued by Daniel Wildenstein. Monet's 'Series paintings' are well known and notable, and include Haystacks, Water Lilies, Rouen Cathedrals, Houses of Parliament, Charing Cross Bridge, and Poplar Trees.

With the repetitious study of the subject at different times of day Monet's paintings show the effects of sunlight, time and weather through color and contrast.

CLAUDE MONET IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS IMPRESSION SUNRISE SERIES

What made Monet different from the other Impressionist painters was his innovative idea of creating Series paintings devoted to paintings of a single theme or subject. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise ( Impression, soleil levant). Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. This is a list of works by Claude Monet (1840–1926), including all the extant finished paintings but excluding the Water Lilies, which can be found here, and preparatory black and white sketches.

Claude monet impressionist paintings Impression Sunrise