This work will be designated here by the name of its first owner, Henri Rouart. The picture identified by Rewald (Monet : Impression, Sunrise ) has the same date and nearly the same dimensions as the Musée Marmottan painting the subject, too, is nearly identical. Students of Impressionism became more aware of the problem when, in 1955, at the suggestion of Daniel Wildenstein, John Rewald brought forward an overlooked painting in a private collection in Paris (see History of Impressionism |fourth edition], New York, 1973, p. Other earlier references, including Leroy’s, are not specific some authors mention a “soleil levant” (sunrise) and others refer to a “soleil couchant” (sunset). The first author to specifically identify Impression with the first Impressionist exhibition seems to have been G. The painting from the Musée Marmottan shown here has been traditionally identified as the work described in Leroy’s article. Littré included it in the supplement of his dictionary impressionniste was officially accepted into the language. Leroy could not have foreseen the ramifications of his choice of words, intended in fact to be derisive. Using Monet's title, the critic Louis Leroy coined the term “Impressionist” in a review, ”L'Exposition des Impressionnistes,” which appeared in Le Charivari on April 25, 1874. 98 in the catalogue, was a canvas titled Impression, Soleil Levant (Impression, Sunrise). One of the pictures exhibited by Monet, no. The first Impressionist exhibition opened on April 15, 1874, at the studio of the photographer Nadar, at 34 Boulevard des Capucines.
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