Impression, Sunrise ☰ Monet ☱ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver pedestrians on a cobblestone street

pedestrians on a cobblestone street illuminated by a nearby shop

The painting depicts the earlier canvas on the rear wall of a studio

It reads: Johannes de eyck fuit hic 1434 (Jan van Eyck was here)

The painting depicts the sky just before sunrise over an imaginary village

Impression, Sunrise ☰ Monet ☱ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver pedestrians on a cobblestone streetImpression, Sunrise (1872, Impression, soleil levant) by Claude Monet is credited with inspiring the name of the Impressionist movement. It depicts the industrialization of the port at Monet's hometown of Le Havre. The port is seen at sunrise, with two small rowboats in the foreground against a misty background of clipper ships, pack boats and steamships, with tall masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky. The rising sun casts a red reflection