1874

Monet’s Impression, sunrise, a view of the harbour at Le Havre, led one critic deridingly to name Monet and his friends ‘Impressionists’.

Claude Monet
Impression, sunrise 1872-73
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Gift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv. 4014)
© Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris © Bridgeman-Giraudon / Presse