Claude Monet, “Impression: Sunrise" 1873 The term Impressionism&nb

Claude Monet, “Impression: Sunrise" 1873The term Impressionism is derived from one critic’s negative view of this painting, which was exhibited two years after it’s creation. The critic declared Monet’s picture and others like it "Impressionisms.” By that he meant that the paint was sketchily applied and the work unfinished in appearance. In fact, however, Monet was striving for the transient effects of shifts in nature. He used the technique of “broken color” to show the clear circle of orange sun is separated into individual brushstrokes when reflected on the water. The same is true of the black, silhouetted boat. Both reflections are composed of horizontal daubs of paint to convey the leisurely motion of the water and blurred forms that we would actually see.  -- source link

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