IMPRESSION, SUNRISE, 1874. AMAZING ART BY CLAUDE MONET

 

Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1874
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Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1874

The defining figure of Impressionism, Monet virtually gave the movement its name with his painting of daybreak over the port of Le Havre, the artist’s hometown. Monet was known for his studies of light and color, and this canvas offers a splendid example with its flurry of brush strokes depicting the sun as an orange orb breaking through a hazy blue melding of water and sky.

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