![]() 100% hand painted oil painting on artist grade canvas.No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.Every painting is painted by an experienced artist.When ordering the painting framed - allow additional 5-7 days for delivery.Ordered without a frame, it will be delivered in protective tube within 21-28 business days.Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is. If you have another image of Impression, Sunrise 2 that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. ![]() If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Impression, Sunrise 2, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. Each oil painting is created by hand using only the finest canvas and oil paints available. The Certificate of Authenticity which arrives with every painting provides an assurance and verifies the authenticity of the hand painted fine art reproduction you purchased. Real Oil Paints, Real Brushes, Real Artists, Real Art. © 2003 - 2024 - All Rights Reserved, original content, do not copy without permission. The orange sun reflects on the water, and the top part of the sky has orange strokes as well. Monet features two people on a boat in the forefront by darkening the figures with an almost black pigment. The scene is mainly painted with shades of blue, violet and green – being that the harbor in the background is blue. This masterpiece plays with shadows and complementary color combinations. This remarkable study of the human reaction to color, light, shade, and the changing qualities of the day paved the way for a more lived response to the painterly craft, setting the stage for cubism and the birth of modernism.Īs an Impressionist, Monet preferred working en plein air – meaning he painted outside – specifically to observe the optical effect of natural light upon the landscape. Margaret Livingstone, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard University, discovered that the experiential quality of the painting is achieved through the ways the brain registers luminance rather than color. A recent study of the scene performed by Dr. The techniques utilized still fascinate academics to this day. Soon, legions of art lovers and students took up the revolutionary techniques of Monet. The critic Louis Leroy, in the same review in Le Charivari newspaper that gave the movement's name, Leroy wrote: 'Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape.' This opinion did not hold sway for long. Responding to criticism of this seminal work, Monet commented: 'Landscape is nothing but an impression, and an instantaneous one. Monet's unorthodox use of loose, vivid, and immensely confident brushwork seems to conjure the scene rather than capture it. Impression Sunrise features a visual reproduction of the harbor of Le Havre in France. With complete freedom in their curatorial selection and a rising tide of infamy from which to publicize themselves, the group quickly became a dominant force in French painting. The group would hold frequent independent exhibitions, which were each referred to as the “Impressionist Exhibition” and numbered, further turning the derisive criticism on its head. The small band of like-minded artists that included Degas, Pissarro and Renoir, took the criticism as a badge of honor and declared themselves Impressionists, and their style, Impressionism. Gaining instant notoriety, the canvas was derisively described as being "impressionistic" by the art critic Louis Leroy. Each masterpiece reproduction is a genuine, hand-painted oil on canvas, set into a 23" x 18" antique-gilded frame.First exhibited in Paris in 1874, Monet's Impression Sunrise 2 can be said to have named an entire movement. In fact, it takes at least 10 days before the paintings are even dry enough to handle. There’s no computer manipulation and no assembly line. These reproductions are created one brush stroke at a time, by classically trained artists, using the same “impasto” technique of the original masters. If you’ve ever stood face to face with a true masterpiece, you know that there’s no substitute for real oil paint on canvas. Officially, I’m not an art historian.īut I’ve been to some of the finest museums in the world and have to say that the detail and craftsmanship in these paintings is remarkable. I never seemed to have an extra $100 million lying around. But then there was always that issue of price. And part of me always wanted to bring home a Picasso, Matisse or a Van Gogh. These masterpieces are not mass produced? each one is created one brush stroke at a time.Īs an art lover, I would stand in the Musee d’Orsay all day, hypnotized by the tiny brush strokes and sublime swirls of color. Transform your living room into a French museum
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