Title: Sunrise

Artist: Claude Monet

Sunrise 1873 Claude Monet French, 1840–1926 Oil on canvas Monet’s paintings of the northern French harbor of Le Havre in 1873 marked the birth of Impressionism in the popular imagination. The sketchy execution of works such as Sunrise shocked critics of the time, who considered them unfinished “impressions” rather than completed compositions. The remarkably pristine condition of Sunrise preserves the movement of Monet’s brush as it captured the effect of morning light, diffused by fog, shimmering on the water.