In the background, in the gray-blue fog, the silhouettes of sailing ships, cranes at the pier and chimneys are barely noticeable. The only bright spot on the entire canvas is the clear-orange disc of the sun rising over the French town, spreading also in the reflection of the restless sea water. All the colors used in the picture “Impression, Sunrise” are dull, muffled. As Monet himself commented: “It really can’t pass as a view of Le Havre.” His aim was not to create an accurate landscape, but to record the impressions formed while looking at that landscape.Depth of the sea. The buildings and ships in the background are only vague shapes and the red sun dominates the painting. The horizon has disappeared and the water, sky, and reflections have all merged together. Impression, Sunrise is not typical of Monet’s work, although it does carry elements of his normal style. This has, once again, been achieved by separate brushstrokes that also show various colors “sparkling” on the sea. It is a striking and candid work that shows the smaller boats in the foreground almost being propelled along by the movement of the water.
The orange and yellow hues contrast brilliantly with the dark vessels, where little, if any detail is immediately visible to the audience. Monet depicts a mist, which provides a hazy background to the piece set in the French harbor. This famous painting was created from a scene in the port of Le Havre. Painting of lilies that Monet is famous for Impressionism was indeed a great era of expressing what artists observed.
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Monet’s more famous paintings have been a series on lilies where it is said that he grew the ponds of lilies himself and adored them so much before painting that it was an integral part of his life. As Monet himself commented: "It really can't pass as a view of Le Havre." His aim was not to create an accurate landscape, but to record the impressions formed while looking at that landscape. Impression, Sunrise is not typical of Monet's work, although it does carry elements of his normal style. This has, once again, been achieved by separate brushstrokes that also show various colors "sparkling" on the sea.
Impression, Sunrise is one of the most beautiful and calm paintings that has been famous around the world. The strokes of his brush were poetic and used enough to give the subject proper value.Įach element of the landscape he painted got the place and attention it deserved. He needed to know the beauty and detail of the landscapes, sea, sun, flowers, reflection, refraction and portray it with soothing colours.
This is a great medium to share feelings and establish the beauty of the scenario.Ĭlaude Monet was an extremely observant artist. Impressionism was an era in the creative world where the artist internalized the feeling of watching something beautiful, grow with it and then paint or write about it to share with the fellow world. Art column: Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
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