Impression, Sunrise

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Impression, Sunrise is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet that famously gave the Impressionist movement its name and exemplifies its loose brushwork and focus on light and atmosphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance seminal work of Impressionism
work that named the Impressionist movement
author Claude Monet
collection Musée Marmottan Monet
colorDominant blue
orange
countryOfOrigin France
creator Claude Monet
creatorNationality French
depicts boats
harbor
industrial smoke
port of Le Havre
sunrise
exhibitedAt First Impressionist Exhibition
exhibitedInCity Paris
exhibitionStartDate 1874
gaveNameTo Impressionism
genre landscape painting
marine art
hasPart masts and ships in background
rowboat with figures
small orange sun
inception 1872
languageOfTitle French
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
locatedInTheCountry France
location Musée Marmottan Monet
materialUsed oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Impressionism
movementInfluenced Impressionism
notableCharacteristic focus on atmosphere
focus on light
loose brushwork
originalTitle Impression, soleil levant
setInLocation Le Havre
setInPeriod 19th century
style broken color
sketch-like appearance
visible brushstrokes
subjectMatter industrial harbor scene
seascape at dawn
surface canvas
title Impression, Sunrise

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