Impression, Sunrise
1872 · Oil on canvas · Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Claude Monet (1840–1926)
- Year
- 1872
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 48 × 63 cm
- Collection
- Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
- Movement
- Impressionism
An orange sun hangs in a grey-blue haze over the harbour of Le Havre, its reflection a few quick dashes on the water, with two rowing boats in the foreground and the masts and cranes of the port dissolving into the mist behind. Monet painted it from a hotel window in 1872, in a single session, using thin, rapid strokes that leave the canvas showing through. When it was exhibited in Paris in 1874 with works by Degas, Renoir, Pissarro and others, the critic Louis Leroy mocked its title in a review headed The Exhibition of the Impressionists, and the name stuck to the movement. The painting was stolen from the Musée Marmottan in 1985 and recovered in 1990. It is the picture from which Impressionism takes its name.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A misty grey-blue harbour with one orange sun, best in a room where it can be seen first thing: a bedroom, bathroom or the wall by a breakfast table at 24×18. Natural wood on a soft grey or white wall keeps the haze intact.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1872)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge to edge, filling the whole sheet (very slightly cropped to fit) — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.




























