The picture contains no depiction of houses on the left side of the jetty, and this was a strategic elimination by the painter to show the features of the industry by leaving the background unobscured. The Salient object of this painting is the sed Sun (Tucker). On the right background, are a myriad of chimneys and masts silhouetted against the sky. The background comprises of clipper ships on the left. The middle ground is occupied by several other fishing boats. The painting depicts the port of Le Havre during the morning sunrise, in the foreground, are two small boats. The painting was finalized by Monet around 1872 and is currently owned by the Musee Marmottan in Paris, France. The Impression, Sunrise by Monet, is an oil on canvas type of painting measuring 48 cm by 63 cm. This essay will analyze Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise paintwork to bring to an understanding of how this renowned painter used the essential elements of painting such as line, space, shape, texture, and color to express an individual’s perception of nature as a vital characteristic and as the central motif (Tucker 23). Contrary to other works of art, the specific technique of painting, and the subject matter presented by impression, Sunrise is a transcription of the feeling created by a scene and not the rendering of a landscape’s particular details (Jamie). The painting describes the pool of Havre in north-western France during the revitalization efforts by France after the war of Franco-Prussian. For decades, Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet, has been viewed as the Impressionists Movement quintessential symbol. The goodness of an artwork is never measured by how much it resembles a photograph but rather how best its composition is in terms of its structural arrangement: one such painting id the Impression, Sunrise by Monet. Sanat Tarihi, Dördüncü Baskı, Varlık Yayınları, İstanbul.Analysis of Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise Büyük Ressamlar Monet, Üçüncü Basım, Koleksiyon Yayıncılık, İstanbul. Empresyonistler Ayrıntıda Sanat, İkinci Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul. Ünlü Ressamlar Hayatları ve Eserleri, Birinci Baskı, Hayalperest Yayınevi, İstanbul. Monet, Birinci Basım, Taschen/Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul. Monet's work was not only by name but by his character and his style as an ideal illustration of the impressionist painting. Reducing the color, the expression of everything with only two opposite colors (blue and orange), the ambiguity of the borderlines and the revival of vibrations in the air gap by brush strokes were the new technical elements. "Impression, Sunrise" The capture of a moment with the flare of the sun through the fog over the port of Le Havre in Normandy was the proof of a formal innovative conception. The narrative style in this table was brand new. He tried to create the effect that the orange sun lights reflected in the light wavy water quickly change color. Monet, caught the moment when the sun began to shine orange. In almost all of his works, Monet tried to describe the shadows in the water and the reflections of light. The painter sometimes applied colors with intense brush strokes. The painting was not telling the scene but the moment. Monet was interested in the changing nature of light rather than pictorial content. Blue and gray-blue tones were used in the sky. Orange tones were used for reflection in the sun and water. Monet's palette was almost focused on the blue and orange relationship that complemented each other. Monet applied the thinned paint with light brush touches to describe the morning impressions. In the background, the steaming chimneys with the masts of the ships were vaguely noticeable in the fog. The port of Le Havre on the Normandy coast seemed to be covered in the morning mist. The name of the Impressionist style was thus seated.Īs can be seen in "Impression, Sunrise“, the point of departure of impressionism was light. The title of Leroy's critique was the exhibition of Impressionists. Louis Leroy named Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" as the name of the whole group. The art critic Louis Leroy wrote the most serious critique of the exhibition. Even though the views of the critics on the exhibition are divided into two, the name of the new trend movement came from this exhibition. Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" in his work were among the exhibits. Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" was among those exhibited. In 1874, this artist organization opened its first exhibition, which lasted one month, at Boulevard des Capucines in the studio of photographer Nadar. They decided to open an exhibition organized and financed by them. In late 1873, a group of painters, including Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Sisley, and Pissarro, gathered together. Impression, Sunrise, 1872, Oil on canvas, 48 x 63 cm, Musée Marmottan, Paris, France.
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